London East Alternative Provision, London

Outstanding
PRU
Pupil referral unit
Mixed
Ages 519

Data last updated 11 Sept 2026

Location

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mr Afrooz Hannan
Pupils:101
LA:Tower Hamlets
Phone:02077917720
Address:21 Tollet Street, Stepney, London, E1 4EE
Admissions:Not applicable
Status:open

Ofsted Rating

Outstanding

Overall

URN:100889
UKPRN:10016925
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Bethnal Green and Stepney
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

What This School Does Well

This school excels at rebuilding the confidence of students who have struggled in mainstream education. Teachers use skilled engagement and one-to-one support to help students catch up, particularly in reading and literacy. The school's strong track record of returning students to mainstream schools shows it genuinely prepares them for success.

Key Strengths

  • Good teaching helps most students successfully re-engage with education and achieve well
  • Strong progress in English literacy through one-to-one support programmes
  • Excellent behaviour and safety with positive staff-student relationships
  • Half of all students successfully return to mainstream schools
  • Good leadership that has maintained strengths while driving improvement

Areas for Improvement

  • Students need more opportunities to answer challenging questions and develop speaking skills
  • Some lessons lack clear feedback so students don't know how well they've done
  • Progress in mathematics lags behind English
  • Attendance rates need further improvement despite recent progress
  • Not all leaders confidently use progress data to check quality of teaching

Safeguarding

Safeguarding procedures and records are in place and evaluated during the inspection, indicating effective safeguarding arrangements.

Extracurricular Activities

Hospital provision (Royal London Children's Hospital School), alternative provision through Tower Hamlets College, Peacocks Gym, Fairbridge, Motorvations, East London Beauty Academy

Tower Hamlets PRU is a good school that successfully re-engages students who have been permanently excluded from mainstream schools or are at risk of exclusion, with most students achieving well across a range of subjects.

At a Glance

48.8%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

Class Sizes

0.0

Avg class size

0

Total classes

2024/25 academic year

Getting There

Tube / Metro / Tram

Stepney Green Underground Station
183m · 3 min walk
Stepney Green Station
189m · 3 min walk
Bethnal Green Underground Station
662m · 11 min walk

Bus Stops

Stepney Green Station (Stop K)
93m · 2 min walk
Colebert Avenue (Stop HP)
184m · 3 min walk
Bancroft Road / Ocean Estate (Stop C)
206m · 3 min walk
Mile End Road (Stop L)
224m · 4 min walk
Stepney Green (Stop H)
306m · 5 min walk
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Capacity & Demand

Area Demand Pressure - London

Medium pressure
New homes approved:104,823
Projected new pupils:18,868

Based on MHCLG housing supply data for London

Admissions Demand - Tower Hamlets

Low demand0.92x oversubscription

Places available

3,203

Applications

2,958

Got 1st preference

74.8%

Got preferred school

94.2%

Secondary admissions across Tower Hamlets (2025/26)

Inspection History(107)

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Outstanding
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Outstanding
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Outstanding

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