Blue Gate Fields Infants' School
Primary · Community school · Mixed · Tower Hamlets
King David Lane, London, E1 0EH
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
98%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
94.0%
16.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
336
Capacity used
Over capacity124%
270 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
98%
1st preference success rate
83 of 85 families who put it first got an offer
90
Places offered
149
Total applications
1.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 85 | 83 | ● 98% |
| 2nd preference | 38 | 7 | ● 18% |
| 3rd preference | 14 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 12 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 149 | 90 | 60% |
1st preference success by year
Tower Hamlets lets families list 6 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Catherine Jones
- Address
- King David Lane, Stepney, London, E1 0EH
- Phone
- 02077903611
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Ward / constituency
- Shadwell · Bethnal Green and Stepney
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 100915
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 27% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 99% | — | — |
| SEN support | 21% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
336 pupils · 270 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
09 October 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 184 pupils
Attendance
94.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
6.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
16.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.7%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Tower Hamlets council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.