Sir William Burrough Primary School
About the school
Sir William Burrough Primary School is an open primary school in Tower Hamlets.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 2 July 2025
- Published
- 14 September 2025
- Inspection type
- Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Outstanding
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 74%
- Tower Hamlets
- 69%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 7%
- Tower Hamlets
- 12%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 84%
- Tower Hamlets
- 80%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 84%
- Tower Hamlets
- 77%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 74%
- Tower Hamlets
- 81%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 86%
- Tower Hamlets
- 79%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 47%
- Tower Hamlets
- 37%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 84%
- Tower Hamlets
- 84%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 107
- Tower Hamlets
- 107
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 105
- Tower Hamlets
- 107
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 109
- Tower Hamlets
- 107
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
326
Girls
51.23%
Boys
48.77%
SEN support
19.63%
Education, health and care plan
4.29%
English as an additional language
90.80%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
34.92%
Overall absence
6.84
Persistent absence
21.46