Canary Wharf Primary, East Ferry, London

In 2025, 88% of Year 6 pupils at Canary Wharf Primary, East Ferry reached the expected standard in reading and 91% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 82% and 82% in Tower Hamlets and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 94% in reading and 94% in maths in 2024.

Year groups in primary schools are small, so a handful of pupils can move these figures by several points from one year to the next.

For September 2026 entry, 37 families put Canary Wharf Primary, East Ferry as their first choice and 174 named it as one of their preferences, for 44 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places, so in 2026 a family who put it first could expect an offer unless the school's other criteria ruled them out.

First-choice demand has fallen from 88 in 2021 to 37 in 2026, while places went from 48 to 44.

Across Tower Hamlets, 93% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2025, families in Tower Hamlets lodged 54 appeals against primary school offers; 49 reached a hearing and 1 succeeded (2% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Canary Wharf Primary, East Ferry are Harbinger Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 77% reading, 77% maths); Canary Wharf Primary, Glenworth (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 87% reading, 90% maths); St Luke's Church of England Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 79% reading, 76% maths); and St Edmund's Catholic School (0.4 miles, Good, 85% reading, 73% maths).

Canary Wharf Primary, East Ferry's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Canary Wharf Primary, East Ferry is one of 7 schools run by University Schools Trust, East London, an academy trust.

5.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (the average state school: 24.5%), and 35.6% speak English as an additional language (average: 18.5%), according to the 2025 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Mixed (19%), Asian (16%) and White British (13%).

In 2025, 50 pupils (16.3%) received SEN support and 15 (4.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 15.6% and 3.9% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Canary Wharf Primary, East Ferry employed 19 teachers in 2024, roughly one for every 16 pupils. Their average salary was £46,467.

Its 2026 funding allocation works out at £6,519 per pupil (£2.2 million in total), including £48,480 of pupil premium for disadvantaged pupils.

The nearest Underground station is Mudchute DLR Station, about 120 metres away (roughly a 2-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Mudchute Station / Spindrift Ave, 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Canary Wharf Primary, East Ferry stands in is among the 40% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 952 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Tower Hamlets (1908).

Canary Wharf Primary, East Ferry recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2023/24.

The secondary schools closest to Canary Wharf Primary, East Ferry are George Green's School (0.3 miles), Canary Wharf Secondary (0.4 miles) and St Ursula's Convent School (1 mile).