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The Aldgate School

Primary Ages 3-11 229 pupils London
Ofsted: Outstanding
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The Aldgate School is a voluntary aided school in City Of London for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 229 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for The Aldgate School is Outstanding, from an inspection in July 2024. In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: July 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Church of England
Address St James's Passage
Duke's Place
London
EC3A 5DE
Phone 02072831147
Reference Number 100000

General Makeup

Number of pupils 229
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.28%
Girls: 46.72%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 22.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 58.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 15 14 29
2 15 15 30
3 15 15 30
4 16 14 30
5 17 11 28
6 12 14 26

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 16.2%
Mixed, Other 14.8%
White, Other 11.4%
White & Asian 3.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.2%
African 2.2%
Caribbean 2.2%
Pakistani 2.2%
Irish 1.3%
Indian 0.9%
Asian, Other 0.9%

The Aldgate School has been rated as outstanding overall in its recent inspection, showcasing exceptional quality across all domains of education. The school fosters a nurturing environment where pupils are happy, proud, and engaged, with a strong emphasis on kindness and high standards of behavior. Notably, the music program is highlighted as remarkable, and pupils receive a well-rounded education that prepares them for future academic success. The school has successfully integrated support for students with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), ensuring they participate fully in the curriculum.

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
 >  Quality of education Outstanding
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Outstanding
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Outstanding
  >  Early Years Provision Good
Last Report Date 12 Jun 2024
Date Report
12 Jun 2024 School inspection:
18 Apr 2013 Full inspection:
26 Sep 2008 Full inspection:
21 Sep 2005 Full inspection:
05 Jun 2000 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Exceptional quality of education across all domains
  • Remarkable music program where every pupil learns an instrument
  • Strong emphasis on kindness and high behavioral standards
  • Ambitious curriculum designed for successful learning
  • Effective support for pupils with SEND to access the curriculum
  • Strong partnership with parents enhances school community
  • Leaders prioritize professional development for staff

Areas for Improvement

  • Some inaccuracies and lack of richness in the language used with early years children

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 77%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 10%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 108
Maths 108

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -0.1
Writing 0.5
Maths 0.1

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 15 1
Third Preference 11 0
From another Local Authority 60 19

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 The Aldgate School had 208 pupils for 240 places. 32 places (13.3%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “City of London Primary” planning area

City of London counted 29 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 30 in 2029–30, up 3%.

201020112012201320142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 210210210210210210210210210240240240240240240
Pupils 205209208210207203205237241232225235230203208
Unfilled 2.4%0.5%1.0%0.0%1.4%3.3%2.4%0.0%0.0%3.3%6.2%2.1%4.2%15.4%13.3%

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at The Aldgate School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.9%3.7%3.0%2.4%2.9%2.2%2.2%3.2%4.0%3.4%3.2%
Unauthorised absence 0.6%0.4%0.3%0.1%0.4%0.5%0.4%1.0%1.2%0.9%0.9%
Severely absent pupils 0.6%1.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.4% of pupils at The Aldgate School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.00.03.40.02.81.12.10.40.00.00.00.40.42.4
Permanent exclusions 0000010000000000

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 The Aldgate School had 17.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.97.06.86.36.28.510.37.46.57.27.09.58.08.38.47.6
Teachers who left state teaching 7.0%15.6%1.5%16.9%29.4%13.1%25.9%10.5%8.3%6.8%20.0%8.5%17.9%0.0%1.5%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 66.7%52.4%45.0%31.6%28.0%45.5%33.3%24.0%47.8%–17.4%43.5%39.1%68.4%70.0%–
Sick days per teacher 7.62.71.71.32.01.80.81.42.3–0.83.72.22.31.8–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.5% of pupils at The Aldgate School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 22 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 7
Social, emotional and mental health 4 2
Moderate learning difficulty 2 1
No specialist assessment of need 3 0
Specific learning difficulty 3 0
Hearing impairment 1 1
Multi-sensory impairment 1 1
Other difficulty or disability 1 0
Physical disability 1 0

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 The Aldgate School received £13,101 and spent £13,064 for each of its 229 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £116,000 (£507 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20192020202120222023202420252026
Revenue reserve £189,000£314,000£271,000£307,000£204,000£157,000£107,000£116,000
per pupil £662£1,138£1,004£1,110£751£642£428£507
In-year balance -£42,000£125,000-£42,000£36,000-£104,000-£47,000-£50,000£8,000
per pupil -£148£453-£157£131-£383-£192-£201£37

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

Name Distance
English Martyrs Roman Catholic Primary School
St Mark Street, Wapping, London, E1 8DJ 		0.26 miles
Mulberry Canon Barnett Primary Academy
Gunthorpe Street, Aldgate, London, E1 7RQ 		0.29 miles
Christ Church CofE School
47a Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London, E1 6PU 		0.41 miles
Harry Gosling Primary School
Fairclough Street, London, E1 1NT 		0.5 miles
Al-Mizan School
46 Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1JX 		0.55 miles
Date Palm Primary
80-82 Greenfield Road, London, London, E1 1EJ 		0.56 miles
Kobi Nazrul Primary School
Settles Street, Whitechapel, Kobi Nazrul Primary School, London, E1 1JP 		0.56 miles
St Paul's Whitechapel Church of England Primary School
Wellclose Square, Stepney, London, E1 8HY 		0.57 miles
The Lyceum
59-65 Worship Street, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 2DU 		0.64 miles
St Anne's and Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School
Underwood Road, Whitechapel, London, E1 5AW 		0.65 miles
Buttercup Primary School
181 Cannon Street Road, London, E1 2LX 		0.67 miles
Daffodil Preparatory School
161 - 163 Commercial Road, Tower Hamlets, London, E1 2DA 		0.7 miles
Osmani Primary School
Vallance Road, Whitechapel, London, E1 5AD 		0.73 miles
Bigland Green Primary School
Bigland Street, Wapping, London, E1 2ND 		0.77 miles
Thomas Buxton Primary School
Buxton Street, Bethnal Green, Thomas Buxton Primary School, London, E1 5AR 		0.77 miles
Hermitage Primary School
Vaughan Way, London, E1W 2PT 		0.79 miles
St Paul's Cathedral School
2 New Change, London, EC4M 9AD 		0.83 miles
William Davis Primary School
Wood Close, Cheshire Street, London, E2 6ET 		0.83 miles
Tower Bridge Primary School
Fair Street, London, SE1 2AE 		0.86 miles
Prior Weston Primary School and Children's Centre
101 Whitecross Street, London, EC1Y 8JA 		0.86 miles
Name Distance
David Game College
31 Jewry Street, London, EC3N 2ET 		0.09 miles
OMG Education
85 Commercial Street, London, E1 6BG 		0.33 miles
The Complete Works
1st Floor, Universal House, 88-94 Wentworth St, London, E1 7SA 		0.35 miles
Fashion Retail Academy
84 Moorgate, London, EC2M 6SE 		0.53 miles
London East Academy
46 Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London, E1 1JX 		0.55 miles
London Enterprise Academy
81-91 Commercial Road, Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, London, E1 1RD 		0.56 miles
Mulberry Academy London Dock
6 Virginia Street, London, E1W 2AD 		0.59 miles
Madani Secondary Girls' School
Myrdle Street, London, E1 1HL 		0.64 miles
Wapping High School
153 Commercial Road, London, Not applicable, E1 2DA 		0.71 miles
Workers' Educational Association
4 Luke Street, London, EC2A 4XW 		0.72 miles
Brick Lane School
Bacon Street, Tower Hamlets, E2 6DY 		0.73 miles
Mulberry School for Girls
Richard Street, Commercial Road, London, E1 2JP 		0.77 miles
City of London School for Girls
St Giles' Terrace, London, EC2Y 8BB 		0.82 miles
Jamiatul Ummah School
56 Bigland Street, Shadwell, London, E1 2ND 		0.82 miles
Central Foundation Boys' School
Cowper Street, City Road, London, EC2A 4SH 		0.86 miles
Swanlea School
31 Brady Street, Whitechapel, London, E1 5DJ 		0.89 miles
London Islamic School
18-22 Damien Street, London, E1 2HX 		0.91 miles
City of London School
107 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 3AL 		0.97 miles
Mulberry Academy Shoreditch
Gosset Street, Bethnal Green, London, E2 6NW 		0.99 miles
St Michael's Catholic College
Llewellyn Street, London, SE16 4UN 		1.08 miles

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What is The Aldgate School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Aldgate School is Outstanding, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was The Aldgate School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Aldgate School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does The Aldgate School have?

The Aldgate School has 229 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Aldgate School cover?

The Aldgate School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are The Aldgate School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Aldgate School?

The Aldgate School is at St James's Passage, Duke's Place, London, EC3A 5DE.

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