Brick Lane School
Brick Lane School is an independent special school in for boys and girls aged 5 to 18. It has 72 pupils and room for 76.
Bacon Street, Tower Hamlets, E2 6DY020 7186 0156bricklaneschool.co.ukMs Joedy Franssen headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
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.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 72 | 68 | 47 | 18 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Davis Primary School | Council | 330 m | 151 | No overall grade 2025 | 89 | Compare |
| Virginia Primary School | Academy | 370 m | 214 | Outstanding 2021 | – | Compare |
| St Anne's and Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School | Academy | 410 m | 145 | Good 2020 | 4 | Compare |
| Mulberry Academy Shoreditch | Academy | 420 m | 1,457 | Good 2022 | 50 | Compare |
| Columbia Market Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 530 m | 56 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Thomas Buxton Primary School | Council | 540 m | 404 | Outstanding 2023 | 87 | Compare |
| Christ Church CofE School | Church of England | 560 m | 145 | Good 2023 | 81 | Compare |
| Osmani Primary School | Council | 570 m | 409 | Report card 2026 | 86 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Brick Lane School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Brick Lane School yet.
How many pupils does Brick Lane School have?
72 pupils aged 5 to 18 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 76 places, so it is 95% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Bacon Street, Tower Hamlets, E2 6DY
- Telephone
- 020 7186 0156
- Website
- www.bricklaneschool.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Ms Joedy Franssen
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 5-18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Ward
- Weavers
- Constituency
- Bethnal Green and Stepney
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 13 May 2022 (new provision)
- URN
- 149018 · LAESTAB 2116011 · UKPRN 10101190
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.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- 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.