Stewart Headlam Primary School
Primary schoolStewart Headlam Primary School is a primary school in Tower Hamlets, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 189 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), July 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 18 July 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
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, 83% of pupils at Stewart Headlam Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 69% in Tower Hamlets and 62% in England.
20% 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 | 83% | 69% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 20% | 12% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 111 | 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- Hague Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, September 2022. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)210 m
- Swanlea SchoolSecondary. Outstanding (overall), April 2024. Attainment 8 of 58.7 (2025/26, provisional)260 m
- Thomas Buxton Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Outstanding, March 2023. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)390 m
- Osmani Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)430 m
- John Scurr Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), March 2023. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)500 m
- William Davis Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)540 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).