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Seven Mills Primary School

Malabar Street, Isle of Dogs, London, E14 8LY · Tower Hamlets
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · RECEPTION 2027

In 2026 offers reached 1.91 miles. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.

Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home. Source: London Borough of Tower Hamlets offer-day figures, 2026.

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Ofsted: Good · July 2023(63/64)About one first choice per place (2026)

Summary

The key facts, in one place
Primary (key stage 2) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 10,697th of 14,817 on the same figure. Band: Lower half.
(63/64)Rank among 64 Tower Hamlets primaries with results, 2025 results (reading, writing and maths)
Inspection
Good, July 2023
Getting in
Last offer 1.91 mi (2026)
Results
55% expected standard; 14% higher standard
Size
227 pupils; 28 places a year; classes of 23
Run by
Tower Hamlets council
Type
Community school
Ages
3 to 11 · Mixed
Ofsted, July 2023The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Leadership and managementGood
Strengths, and things to check
  • Higher standard: 14%, against 12% in Tower Hamlets.
  • Suspensions per 100 pupils: 0.0, against 0.4 in Tower Hamlets.
  • Expected standard: 55%, against 69% in Tower Hamlets.
  • Sessions missed: 6.4%, against 6.0% in Tower Hamlets.
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At a glance

Against Tower Hamlets and England
This schoolTower HamletsEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, from the key stage 2 tests and teacher assessment.
55%
Worse than Tower Hamlets
Higher standardThe share who reached the higher standard in all three. A small year group can swing this a lot from one year to the next.
14%
Better than Tower Hamlets
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
6.4%
Worse than Tower Hamlets
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
18.4%
In line with Tower Hamlets
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
0.0
Better than Tower Hamlets
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
23.4
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
48%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
14.9
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Reception place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
1.0
In line with Tower Hamlets
Tower Hamlets and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state primary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • 27 families put it first for 28 places; every one of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026
  • We hold a catchment map for this school.

Quality

  • Good Ofsted · inspected 11 July 2023
  • Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 55% (England 62%) (county 69%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025
  • Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 14% (England 8%) (county 12%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

Daily life

  • Absence: 6.4% of sessions missed; 18% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 6.3% and 19% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 0 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 2); 0 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 23.4 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 14.9 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 139 m, tram or metro 578 m, ferry 665 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 85 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (2 fatal, 15 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 23.3 µg/m³, PM2.5 9.5 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Community school is run by its local council (Tower Hamlets), not by an academy trust. DfE, Get Information about Schools

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Reception2026306830—1.91

Source: Council offer-day figures: London Borough of Tower Hamlets, 2026 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Reception202628276827
Reception202529295929
Reception202429367129
Reception202330368730
Reception202230407829
Reception2021273810026
Reception202030306927
Reception201928266726
Reception201830288028
Reception201730359230

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

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Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard55%62%69%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard14%8%12%2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.

League table place

TableLeague rank
Primary (key stage 2)(63/64)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
11 July 2023Graded inspectionGood

Source: Ofsted, 2023.

Tower Hamlets league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/256.4%4.6%1.8%18%0.0%
2023/246.2%4.6%1.6%19%0.0%
2022/237.2%5.5%1.7%26%0.0%
Schools with a similar intake6.3%19%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (40% or more), the median of 2777 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/250.00.0%00
2023/244.42.2%100
2022/230.00.0%00
Schools with a similar intake2.2

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size23.42025/26
Classes over 30 pupils0.0%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher14.9November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus139
tram or metro578
ferry665

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
202515
202419
202315
202223
202113

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 15 serious and 2 fatal in all; 19 involved a pedestrian, 27 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO223.32024
PM1015.42024
PM259.52024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals48%2025/26
First language other than English76%2025/26
SEN support16%2025/26
Education, health and care plan9.7%2025/26
Girls47%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Community school is run by its local council (Tower Hamlets), not by an academy trust. DfE, Get Information about Schools

Area

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Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in London and the Tower Hamlets league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.