Olga Primary School, London

Ofsted's report card from its 20 January 2026 inspection grades Olga Primary School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils generally achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have made changes to attendance procedures over recent years."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a well-ordered curriculum that starts from the early years."

Early years - Expected standard. "The curriculum for early years has been carefully designed."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders and staff typically identify pupils' additional needs swiftly and accurately."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have a clear understanding of the school's context."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The curriculum for personal, social and health education is carefully structured so that pupils' learning builds each year."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should continue to refine the approach to the teaching of reading in key stage 2 so that strategies to support pupils' fluency and comprehension are further developed. • Leaders should continue to improve the identification of pupils who require extra support and the provision of effective interventions and adaptations for these pupils. • Leaders should support staff to consistently make effective choices about what to teach and how to teach it, in the context of the subject, phase and pupils' needs".

In its own words: "Olga will inspire children of all abilities to grow with curiosity, kindness, and courage in an inclusive, creative, and supportive environment in order to achieve the best they can and enable them to make a positive contribution to our diverse local community and wider world."

From the headteacher's welcome: "Olga is an inclusive, friendly school in the heart of the East End with an enviable location that enables us to take advantage of all that London has to offer. We are proud to be a community school and are lucky to have a rich mix of families from a huge variety of backgrounds."

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:00am and after-school care, from £3.00 per day.

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils at Olga Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 74% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 82% and 82% in Tower Hamlets and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 61% in reading and 66% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 38 families put Olga Primary School as their first choice and 137 named it as one of their preferences, for 46 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Olga Primary School are Chisenhale Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 80% reading, 85% maths); Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm Academy (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 80% reading, 82% maths); Malmesbury Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 80% reading, 72% maths); and Bonner Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 88% reading, 82% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Olga Primary School.

94 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Olga Primary School (as of April 2026): 79% would recommend the school, 83% say their child is happy there and 35% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (84%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (35%).

29% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (28%), White British (27%) and Mixed (21%).

In 2026, 79 pupils (16.1%) received SEN support and 31 (6.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest Underground station is Mile End Underground Station, about 630 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Medway Road (E3), 100 metres away.

In 2024/25, Olga Primary School issued 11 suspensions, 2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Olga Primary School are Central Foundation Girls' School (0.4 miles), Mulberry UTC (0.5 miles), Morpeth School (0.6 miles) and Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy (0.6 miles).