Beatrice Tate School
Beatrice Tate School is a council special school in London for boys and girls aged 11 to 19. It has 134 pupils, 6 more than it has places for. About 64 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted visited in December 2025 and gave it a report card, which is below.
41 Southern Grove, Mile End, London, E3 4PX020 8983 3760beatricetate.towerhamlets.sch.ukMr Wayne Hazzard headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted visited on 9 December 2025. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.
Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 26 May 2021 | Ungraded | School remains Outstanding |
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
10 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Tower Hamlets council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
What parents say
From Ofsted's Parent View survey: 18 parents answered in the year to 6 April 2026. Parents choose whether to fill it in, and many only do so when an inspection is coming, so don't read too much into small differences. The England figures are the average for all schools with enough answers to publish.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Specialist SEND provision. A special school for pupils with profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties.
To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Tower Hamlets with profound and multiple learning difficulties provision.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Profound and multiple learning difficulty (76), Severe learning difficulty (53), Autistic spectrum disorder (1), Other difficulty or disability (1), Specific learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 134 | 127 | 122 | 114 | 110 | 101 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 68% | 71% | 69% | 67% | 64% | 54% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 48% | 50% | 47% | 41% | 40% | 50% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 4% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 99% | 99% | 100% | 96% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 76.9% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 23.1% | 20.8% | 23.1% | 17.4% | 18.9% | 17.7% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 22.9% | 19.9% | 23.1% | 17.3% | 17.7% | 15.6% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.3% | 2.2% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 50.0% | 53.1% | 64.2% | 54.4% | 47.3% | 52.5% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 18 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 100%, compared with – for everyone else.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers | 2019/20 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Education | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Work | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Not in education, work or training | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other special schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Foundation Girls' School | Voluntary | 420 m | 1,526 | Report card 2026 | 79 | Compare |
| Malmesbury Primary School | Council | 460 m | 453 | Good 2023 | 68 | Compare |
| Wellington Primary School | Council | 480 m | 396 | Outstanding 2023 | 87 | Compare |
| Phoenix School | Council | 490 m | 533 | Report card 2026 | – | Compare |
| Phoenix Autism Trust | Special post 16 institution | 500 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Solebay Primary - A Paradigm Academy | Free school | 550 m | 170 | Outstanding 2023 | 83 | Compare |
| Ben Jonson Primary School | Council | 640 m | 591 | Good 2024 | 80 | Compare |
| St Paul With St Luke CofE Primary Federation | Church of England | 650 m | 180 | Not inspected | 35 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Beatrice Tate School a good school?
Beatrice Tate School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted's report card from December 2025 rated its teaching as needs attention.
What is Beatrice Tate School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 9 December 2025 it rated teaching as needs attention, achievement as as expected, behaviour and attendance as strong, leadership as as expected.
How many pupils does Beatrice Tate School have?
134 pupils aged 11 to 19 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 128 places, so it is 105% full.
What is attendance like at Beatrice Tate School?
Pupils were in school 76.9% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 50% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
What do parents say about Beatrice Tate School?
100% of the 18 parents who answered Ofsted's Parent View survey would recommend it to other parents, and 95% say their child is happy there. Across England, 84% of parents would recommend their child's school.
Does Beatrice Tate School have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It is a special school for profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
Does Beatrice Tate School have a sixth form?
Yes.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 41 Southern Grove, Mile End, London, E3 4PX
- Telephone
- 020 8983 3760
- Website
- www.beatricetate.towerhamlets.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Wayne Hazzard
- Type of school
- Council special school (Community special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-19, with sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Ward
- Mile End
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 100989 · LAESTAB 2117168 · UKPRN 10017234
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.