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Mayflower Primary School

  • Community School
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Tower Hamlets
  • E14 6DU

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,757 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 12%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 8%8%2016/17: top 9%2017/18: top 1%1% · 2017/182018/19: top 1%2022/23: top 4%2023/24: top 15%2024/25: top 12%No exams

Against LondonArrows: London rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM80% · London 72%8/10 Above−26.4 pts
Higher standard, RWM20% · London 12%8/10 Above−21.3 pts
Reading score109 · London 1078/10 Above−28.9 pts
Maths score110 · London 1079/10 Top 20%−13.8 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 79% · 43 pupils · London 61%2016/17: 83% · 48 pupils · London 69%2017/18: 98% · 50 pupils · London 72%2018/19: 98% · 50 pupils · London 73%2022/23: 86% · 51 pupils · London 68%2023/24: 78% · 51 pupils · London 70%2024/25: 80% · 50 pupils · London 72%98%78%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 12% · 43 pupils · London 7%2016/17: 15% · 48 pupils · London 10%2017/18: 44% · 50 pupils · London 12%2018/19: 44% · 50 pupils · London 13%2022/23: 25% · 51 pupils · London 11%2023/24: 8% · 51 pupils · London 11%2024/25: 20% · 50 pupils · London 12%44%8%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 104 · 43 pupils · London 1032016/17: 107 · 48 pupils · London 1052017/18: 114 · 50 pupils · London 1062018/19: 114 · 50 pupils · London 1062022/23: 109 · 51 pupils · London 1062023/24: 105 · 51 pupils · London 1072024/25: 109 · 50 pupils · London 107114104No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 108 · 43 pupils · London 1042016/17: 107 · 48 pupils · London 1062017/18: 117 · 50 pupils · London 1062018/19: 114 · 50 pupils · London 1072022/23: 109 · 51 pupils · London 1062023/24: 105 · 51 pupils · London 1062024/25: 110 · 50 pupils · London 107117105No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in75.0%
51 of 68 who put it first2014 · 74.5%2026 · 75.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st6851
2nd481
3rd210
Last distance offered
  • 2026/27515 m
  • 2025/26703 m
  • 2024/25612 m
  • You0.5 km

Inside last year's distance · approx.: from the centre of Poplar West, not your door

Inspections · 2007–2022

  1. 2007Outstanding
  2. 2010Satisfactory
  3. 2013Good
  4. 2017Outstanding
  5. 2022Remains Outstanding

5 strong areas

  • Outcomes for pupils
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management
  • Personal development, behaviour and welfare
  • Quality of teaching, learning and assessment

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · 1 point to improve

Read what Ofsted said (3)

From Ofsted report, inspected Dec 2022

Strengths

  • “This is a friendly, inspiring and thoroughly inclusive place to learn.”
  • “Pupils are rightly proud of their school.”
  • “Pupils are enthusiastic about what they study.”

Ofsted inspection report extracts, Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026400
Free school meals (past 6 years)45.8%
First language not English55.3%
SEN support10.1%
EHC plan4.9%
Absence (sessions missed)4.7%
Persistently absent pupils10.1%

Girls 47.4%Boys 52.6%

102.6% full · 390 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher18.3
Pupils per adult8.4
  • Classroom teachers 18.4
  • Leadership 2.5
  • Teaching assistants 24.5
  • Other support 7.1

Teachers 20.9 FTE · Whole workforce 52.5 · 73 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£9,827
Spend per pupil£10,022
Staff spend per pupil£7,899
Reserve per pupil£184
  • +£70,452revenue reserve
  • −£74,451in-year balance

Grants £9,633 · self-generated £206 · premises £480 per pupil