Phoenix School
Special schoolPhoenix School is a special school in Tower Hamlets, for pupils aged 3 to 19. It had 533 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026School remains Outstanding, April 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection
- School remains Outstanding, 18 April 2024
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Phoenix School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 69% in Tower Hamlets and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Phoenix School was 0.2, against 46.7 in Tower Hamlets and 46.2 in England.
0% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Tower Hamlets | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 69% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 12% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 98 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 107 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Tower Hamlets | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 0.2 | 46.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 49.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 66.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 50 | – | – |
- Phoenix School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Phoenix Autism TrustSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file40 m
- Central Foundation Girls' SchoolSecondary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 53.0 (2025/26, provisional)140 m
- Malmesbury Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2023. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)210 m
- Wellington Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), December 2023. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)260 m
- Beatrice Tate SchoolSpecial. Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met490 m
- St Agnes RC Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), February 2024. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)550 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Tower Hamlets
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).