Primary Schools for the Wapping catchment area

The first post in a series on the relative performance of schools in the local area. Here I begin by identifying the relevant primary schools I'll be looking into. In subsequent posts I'll look at their performance before moving onto secondary schools and borough-wide educational issues. Depending on availability I will include information on independent schools, but my focus will be on state funded schools.

First-off, Tower Hamlets is changing the way that children apply for a primary school place, introducing 7 catchment areas, with that catchment area applying to all schools in that catchment area, rather than each school having its own catchment area (though this may differ for voluntary aided schools, such as those overseen by the Church of England and the Catholic Church).

For the Wapping map see here or to see which catchment area you live in (or links for maps for other areas see this site or this map).

State funded primary schools in the Wapping catchment area are (*denotes a voluntary school):

South of the Highway:

• Hermitage
• St Peter's*

South of Cable Street:

• Shapla
• St Paul's*
• Blue Gate Fields

Others:

• English Martyrs*
• Bigland Green
• Harry Gosling
• St Mary and St Michael*
• Canon Barnett

Capacity

The utilisation of capacity of these schools in 2012 varied from 100% to 74%, with 91% of the capacity in use. Revised data is overdue from the Department for Education (DfE), and I'll update this analysis. The next step is to model this capacity against the number of children in the area.

School name	# of Pupils	Capacity	Utilisation
St.Mary & St.Michael R.C.	416	416	100%
Blue Gate Fields Infants School	269	270	100%
English Martyrs School	194	196	99%
St Peters London Docks CofE	187	190	98%
Bigland Green	408	420	97%
Blue Gate Fields Junior School	340	360	94%
St Pauls Whitechapel Church of England	192	210	91%
Harry Gosling	378	420	90%
Shapla	179	210	85%
Hermitage	240	315	76%
Canon Barnett	232	315	74%
Wapping	3035	3322	91%
Culloden	409	364	112%
Wellington	309	283	109%
Elizabeth Selby Infant School	221	204	108%
St Saviour's Church of England	211	199	106%
Marion Richardson School.	443	420	105%
Mayflower	322	309	104%
Bygrove	208	200	104%
Chisenhale	311	300	104%
Ben Jonson	465	450	103%
St Anne's Catholic Primary	310	301	103%
St Paul with St Luke C of E	249	243	102%
Globe	322	315	102%
Old Palace J.M.& I School	417	409	102%
Redlands	409	402	102%
Woolmore	207	204	101%
Old Ford	622	618	101%
Cayley	469	468	100%
Malmesbury	525	525	100%
The Clara Grant	419	420	100%
Bonner	448	450	100%
Halley Primary	209	210	100%
Marner	447	450	99%
Cubitt Town Infants' School	268	270	99%
Manorfield	536	540	99%
Arnhem Wharf	446	450	99%
Guardian Angels Catholic	203	205	99%
St.Luke's Isle Of Dogs C.E.  School	236	240	98%
Olga Primary	205	210	98%
Seven Mills	204	210	97%
St John's Church of England	196	202	97%
Stebon	407	420	97%
Sir William Burrough	305	315	97%
Bangabandhu	404	420	96%
St Elizabeth Catholic	403	420	96%
Cubitt Town Junior School.	345	360	96%
Cyril Jackson	402	420	96%
Holy Family R.C.	201	210	96%
St. Agnes R.C.	201	210	96%
John Scurr	399	420	95%
Lansbury Lawrence Primary	405	429	94%
Kobi Nazrul	198	210	94%
Thomas Buxton Infants School.	169	180	94%
Columbia	389	415	94%
Hague	192	210	91%
Mowlem	192	210	91%
Harbinger	287	315	91%
St Edmund's Catholic	187	206	91%
Our Lady Roman Catholic	165	182	91%
Stepney Greencoats Church of England	190	210	90%
Lawdale Junior School	268	300	89%
Christ Church	166	189	88%
Thomas Buxton Junior School	200	228	88%
Osmani	362	420	86%
Smithy Street	354	417	85%
Stewart Headlam	346	413	84%
Virginia	174	210	83%
ST.MATTHIAS.CE.SCHOOL	169	210	80%
William Davis	212	367	58%
Total	20973	21909	96%