Tower Bridge Primary School | School performance

59%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

191

Pupils · 2024/25

31%

EAL · 2024/25

20%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

59%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

191

Pupils · 2024/25

31%

EAL · 2024/25

20%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

59%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

191

Pupils · 2024/25

31%

EAL · 2024/25

20%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 10/10/2019

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authoritySouthwark

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio26.3:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Tower Bridge Primary School · Primary · Southwark

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

59%

+2pp

80%69%57%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 59%

RWM higher standard

0pp

10%5%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 7%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

69%

Reading higher standard

24%

Writing expected standard

69%

Writing higher standard

10%

Maths expected standard

69%

Maths higher standard

14%

Science expected standard

90%

SPAG expected standard

69%

SPAG higher standard

21%

Reading scaled score

105.0

Maths scaled score

104.0

GPS scaled score

104.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

191

Pupil : teacher ratio

26.3

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

31%

FSM eligible

61%

SEN

26%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

20%

Contact

Address

Fair Street, London, SE1 2AE

Local authority

Southwark

Website

www.thebridgesfederation.org.uk

Telephone

02074072959

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	59%	7%	69%	24%	69%	10%	69%	14%	90%	69%	105.0	104.0	104.0	—	—	—	26%	191
2023/24	57%	7%	75%	25%	64%	11%	68%	21%	64%	61%	106.0	104.0	106.0	—	—	—	28%	187
2022/23	58%	0%	77%	23%	65%	0%	65%	19%	77%	62%	104.0	101.0	103.0	+0.10	-1.00	-2.20	25%	181
2018/19	63%	7%	67%	15%	81%	15%	70%	26%	85%	52%	102.0	104.0	103.0	+0.70	+2.50	+2.10	20%	215
2017/18	80%	10%	100%	47%	90%	10%	87%	40%	100%	83%	109.0	107.0	109.0	+4.80	+1.30	+3.50	23%	214
2016/17	77%	3%	83%	10%	80%	7%	83%	30%	80%	80%	103.0	105.0	105.0	+2.80	+2.00	+4.90	24%	223

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	191	18.6	26%	31%	61%	6%	20%
2023/24	187	15.0	28%	33%	63%	6%	18%
2022/23	181	15.9	25%	36%	59%	8%	26%
2021/22	183	16.7	27%	36%	63%	8%	24%
2020/21	193	14.1	28%	37%	58%	—	—
2018/19	215	17.0	20%	31%	47%	4%	11%
2017/18	214	19.8	23%	35%	52%	4%	9%
2016/17	223	18.7	24%	44%	51%	4%	8%