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The Clara Grant Primary School

URN
144699
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
The Clara Grant Primary School
URN
144699
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Strong

74 / 100

Strong

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

88

Inspection

50

Admissions Value

81

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

75

School Compass rankings

Top 50% of primary schools in England

Top 50% nationally

#32 of 68 schools in Tower Hamlets

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for The Clara Grant Primary School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Admissions strategy for The Clara Grant Primary School

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
28 April 2022
Inspection date
3 March 2022
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Good

    Graded 28 April 2022

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

39

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

80

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

39

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.05×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Tower Hamlets)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.claragrant.towerhamlets.sch.uk/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Tower Hamlets to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

88.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

86.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

84.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

80.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

E3 4BU - Knapp Road, Bow, London

Contact details

Address
Knapp Road, Bow, London
Postcode
E3 4BU
Phone
2079874564
Website
www.claragrant.towerhamlets.sch.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Tower Hamlets
Local authority code
211

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 187 schools in Tower Hamlets.

Authority statistics

Total schools

187

Open schools

115

Closed schools

72

Primary schools

100

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    28 April 20223 March 2022-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 28 April 2022
    • School remains Good

      Published
      28 April 2022
      Inspected
      3 March 2022
      Type
      -
      Report
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    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    48.8%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 39

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    26

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary100 (55.6%)
    • Secondary26 (14.4%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other54 (30.0%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    The Clara Grant Primary School0 mPrimaryClosed
    Onelab College116 mNot applicableOpen
    The Cherry Trees School393 mNot applicableClosed
    St Paul's Way Trust School494 mAll-throughOpen
    St Paul's Way Trust School494 mAll-throughClosed
    Childrens House Nursery School523 mNurseryOpen
    Marner Primary School524 mPrimaryOpen
    Wellington Primary School536 mPrimaryOpen
    Ian Mikardo High School592 mNot applicableOpen
    Ian Mikardo School592 mNot applicableClosed
    • The Clara Grant Primary School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Onelab College
      Distance
      116 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • The Cherry Trees School
      Distance
      393 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed
    • St Paul's Way Trust School
      Distance
      494 m
      Phase
      All-through
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Tower Hamlets)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Arnhem Wharf Primary SchoolPrimaryE14 3RPOpen
    Bangabandhu Primary SchoolPrimaryE2 0LBOpen
    Ben Jonson Primary SchoolPrimaryE1 4PZOpen
    Bigland Green Primary SchoolPrimaryE1 2NDOpen
    Blue Gate Fields Infants' SchoolPrimaryE1 0EHOpen
    • Arnhem Wharf Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      E14 3RP
      Status
      Open
    • Bangabandhu Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      E2 0LB
      Status
      Open
    • Ben Jonson Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      E1 4PZ
      Status
      Open
    • Bigland Green Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      E1 2ND
      Status
      Open
    • Blue Gate Fields Infants' School
    St Paul's Way Trust School
    Distance
    494 m
    Phase
    All-through
    Status
    Closed
  • Childrens House Nursery School
    Distance
    523 m
    Phase
    Nursery
    Status
    Open
  • Marner Primary School
    Distance
    524 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Wellington Primary School
    Distance
    536 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Ian Mikardo High School
    Distance
    592 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Ian Mikardo School
    Distance
    592 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    E1 0EH
    Status
    Open