Chisenhale Primary School, London
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
The school creates a warm, welcoming community where children feel happy and safe. Early Years children make particularly strong progress, and the school has effective reading programmes that develop confident, enthusiastic readers. Staff work hard to support all families and pupils are developing good relationships with clear support systems like Playground Buddies to help each other.
Key Strengths
- Early Years Foundation Stage children make good progress and reach expected standards by Year 1
- School leadership is now fully focused on raising achievement with recent data showing improvement
- Pupils' behaviour is good - they are friendly, respectful, and feel safe at school
- Effective parent engagement strategies create a very welcoming and inclusive community
- Reading is well organised with pupils becoming confident readers who enjoy books
Areas for Improvement
- Teaching quality is inconsistent - lesson planning and outcomes do not always match pupils' individual learning needs
- Marking and assessment vary across the school, leaving pupils unclear about their progress and how to improve
- Attainment has been inconsistent at the end of Year 2 and Year 6, particularly in writing and mathematics
- Pupils with special needs, from minority ethnic backgrounds, and those on pupil premium funding have not progressed as well as peers
- Leadership monitoring systems were previously not rigorous enough to secure good achievement
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with clear behaviour policies, anti-bullying strategies, and pupils reporting they feel safe and confident that issues are dealt with.
Extracurricular Activities
Breakfast club, after-school sports clubs, gardening club, homework club, reading club, arts and crafts club, after-school childcare provision
Chisenhale Primary School requires improvement following a decline in standards, as leaders previously lacked accurate information about pupil achievement and teaching quality. The school is working to address inconsistent attainment and variable teaching quality, with early signs of improvement.
At a Glance
19.7%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 84% to 80%. Maths has remained stable at around 85%. Writing has remained stable at around 71%.
Class Sizes
20.8
Avg class size
21.5
Infant (KS1)
20.0
KS2
15
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
92%
Near capacity
322 pupils
351 capacity
29 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - London
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for London
Admissions Demand - Tower Hamlets
Places available
3,480
Applications
2,918
Got 1st preference
92.3%
Got preferred school
97.9%
Primary admissions across Tower Hamlets (2025/26)
Inspection History(113)
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
5.78485%
Overall absence
15.07937%
Persistent absence
252
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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