Sir William Burrough Primary School
Primary schoolSir William Burrough Primary School is a primary school in Tower Hamlets, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 294 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 2 July 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
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, 74% of pupils at Sir William Burrough Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 69% in Tower Hamlets and 62% in England.
7% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Tower Hamlets | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 74% | 69% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 12% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 107 | 105 |
- 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.
- 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- Stepney Greencoat Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2023. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)130 m
- The Hamlet SchoolSpecial. Standards maintained, January 2025200 m
- Cayley Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, November 2022. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)380 m
- Cyril Jackson Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)480 m
- Halley Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), March 2023. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)520 m
- St Paul With St Luke CofE Primary FederationPrimary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)610 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).