The Clara Grant Primary School, London

Ofsted's report card from its 7 July 2026 inspection grades The Clara Grant Primary School on 7 areas: 6 exceptional and 1 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Exceptional. "Leaders have ensured that all pupils, including those who are disadvantaged and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make excellent progress in learning the curriculum."

Curriculum and teaching - Exceptional. "Leaders have carefully researched how to ensure that their curriculum is both developing on the prior and cultural learning of their community and filling in any gaps in knowledge and skills that pupils might have."

Early years - Exceptional. "Leaders have designed an ambitious curriculum that is well sequenced, and based on what children need to know and do."

Inclusion - Exceptional. "Leaders have thought very carefully and clearly on how to support disadvantaged pupils to learn."

Leadership and governance - Exceptional. "Leaders at the school know and care for their pupils extremely well."

Personal development and wellbeing - Exceptional. "Leaders know that many pupils are from disadvantaged backgrounds."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders have done, and are doing, all that they can to improve attendance."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders and those responsible for governance should maintain and build upon the school's highly effective work to promote high rates of attendance, including intervening swiftly to support and challenge parents and carers with children whose attendance needs to improve".

In 2025, 88% of Year 6 pupils at The Clara Grant Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 84% 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 83% in reading and 83% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 43 families put The Clara Grant Primary School as their first choice and 72 named it as one of their preferences, for 44 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 The Clara Grant Primary School are Marner Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 76% reading, 84% maths); Wellington Primary School (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 75% reading, 76% maths); Manorfield Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 84% reading, 87% maths); and St Saviour's Church of England Primary School (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 73% reading, 86% maths).

The Clara Grant Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

The Clara Grant Primary School is one of 8 schools run by The Boleyn Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 86% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

48.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 88.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 32 pupils (8.2%) received SEN support and 30 (7.7%) 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 DLR station is Devons Road DLR Station, about 170 metres away (roughly a 2-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cranwell Close, 130 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Clara Grant Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

The Clara Grant Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to The Clara Grant Primary School are St Paul's Way Trust School (0.3 miles), Bow School (0.5 miles), Central Foundation Girls' School (0.5 miles) and Langdon Park Community School (0.6 miles).