SCHOOL PROFILE

St Mary and St Michael Primary School

Primary Voluntary aided school URN 131936
Open
Pupils 8,834,192 Latest school census
Capacity 472 Published school capacity
Capacity used 73.5% Pupils as a share of capacity
Age range 3 – 11 Statutory age range
OFSTED

Latest ungraded inspection

26 April 2023
Latest published outcome School remains Good
SCHOOL DETAILS

About this school

School type Voluntary aided school
Phase Primary
Gender Mixed
Religious character Roman Catholic
Local authority Tower Hamlets
Trust Not applicable
Census date 15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE

School community

Latest published pupil characteristics for 2025/26.

2025/26
Total pupils 347 341 full-time · 6 part-time
Female pupils 184 53.0% of pupils
Male pupils 163 47.0% of pupils

Free school meals

Pupils eligible for free school meals.

41.5%
16.7 pts above England
School 41.5%
Tower Hamlets 41.4%
London 26.3%
England 24.8%

English as an additional language

Pupils whose first language is not English.

30.8%
10.5 pts above England
School 30.8%
Tower Hamlets 54.1%
London 39.2%
England 20.3%

Young carers

Pupils recorded as young carers.

0.0%
1.0 pts below England
School 0.0%
Tower Hamlets 1.0%
London 0.5%
England 1.0%

Ethnicity

Largest recorded pupil groups.

White British
27.7%
96
Any other Mixed background
18.2%
63
African
12.4%
43
Bangladeshi
10.1%
35
Any other White background
6.6%
23
White and Black Caribbean
5.8%
20
Council, regional and national comparisons are pupil-weighted using published school census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS

Special educational needs

Pupils receiving SEN support or with an education, health and care plan.

2025/26
Pupils with SEN 24.8% 86 of 347 pupils
4.0 pts above England England: 20.8%
School 24.8%
Tower Hamlets 22.3%
London 19.8%
England 20.8%
SEN support 17.3% 60 pupils
England 14.8% 2.5 pts above
EHC plans 7.5% 26 pupils
England 6.0% 1.5 pts above
PRIMARY NEEDS

Most common identified needs

Pupils
Speech, language & communication 28
Social, emotional & mental health 21
Autistic spectrum disorder 11
No specialist assessment yet 10
Specific learning difficulty 5
Other difficulty or disability 4

SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published 2025/26 Department for Education school-level data. Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support and pupils with EHC plans.

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

Key stage 2 outcomes

Published Department for Education results for 2024/25.

2024/25
EXPECTED STANDARD

Reading, writing & maths

76.0% 15.6 pts above England
School 76.0%
Tower Hamlets 68.8%
London 67.9%
England 60.4%
EXPECTED STANDARD

Reading

83.0%

9.2 pts above England

School 83.0%
Tower Hamlets 79.5%
London 78.2%
England 73.8%
EXPECTED STANDARD

Writing

81.0%

10.7 pts above England

School 81.0%
Tower Hamlets 76.7%
London 75.1%
England 70.3%
EXPECTED STANDARD

Maths

93.0%

21.0 pts above England

School 93.0%
Tower Hamlets 79.5%
London 77.7%
England 72.0%
School results show the percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard. Council, regional and national comparisons are averages of published school-level percentages and are not pupil-weighted official attainment rates.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE

Attendance profile

Published Department for Education absence data for 2024/25. Lower absence rates are generally better.

2024/25
ABSENCE RATE

Overall absence

7.21%

Percentage of possible sessions missed.

0.99 pts higher than England
School 7.21%
Tower Hamlets 7.13%
London 6.38%
England 6.22%
ABSENCE RATE

Persistent absence

22.16%

Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.

6.34 pts higher than England
School 22.16%
Tower Hamlets 20.44%
London 17.60%
England 15.82%
ABSENCE RATE

Severe absence

1.50%

Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.

0.31 pts lower than England
School 1.50%
Tower Hamlets 1.84%
London 1.67%
England 1.80%
Council, regional and national comparisons are averages of published school-level percentages rather than pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

School context

Comparison with open primary schools.

CAPACITY

Capacity utilisation

73.5% 14.7 pts below England
St Mary and St Michael Primary School
73.5%
Tower Hamlets
86.2%
London
85.9%
England
88.2%
Benchmarks use open schools in the same phase. Capacity utilisation is calculated from published pupil and capacity figures.
Sources: Department for Education · Get Information about Schools · Ofsted monthly management information