Buttercup Primary School
Buttercup Primary School is an independent school in London for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 130 pupils and room for 160.
181 Cannon Street Road, London, E1 2LX020 3759 7408buttercupprimary.co.ukMrs Rena Begum headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
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 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 130 | 113 | 134 | 153 | 156 | 147 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 37% | 23% | 26% | 1% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daffodil Preparatory School | Independent | 90 m | 28 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Wapping High School | Free school | 100 m | 248 | Good 2023 | 53 | Compare |
| Mulberry School for Girls | Academy | 160 m | 1,634 | Outstanding 2024 | 88 | Compare |
| Madani Secondary Girls' School | Independent | 160 m | 244 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Bigland Green Primary School | Council | 200 m | 477 | Outstanding 2024 | 97 | Compare |
| London Enterprise Academy | Free school | 200 m | 396 | No overall grade 2024 | 65 | Compare |
| Kobi Nazrul Primary School | Council | 280 m | 227 | Not inspected | 67 | Compare |
| Harry Gosling Primary School | Council | 290 m | 407 | Good 2023 | 53 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Buttercup Primary School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Buttercup Primary School yet.
How many pupils does Buttercup Primary School have?
130 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 160 places, so it is 81% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 181 Cannon Street Road, London, E1 2LX
- Telephone
- 020 3759 7408
- Website
- www.buttercupprimary.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rena Begum
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 3-11, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Ward
- Whitechapel
- Constituency
- Bethnal Green and Stepney
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 10 August 2012 (new provision)
- URN
- 138564 · LAESTAB 2116003 · UKPRN 10079123
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.