Beatrice Tate School

State-Funded School

beatrice-tate-school-tower-hamlets-london

LondonRegion

Tower HamletsLocal Authority

Poplar and LimehouseConstituency

E3 4PXPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Beatrice Tate School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–19, located in Tower Hamlets, London.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 134 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 9 Dec 2025 · published 28 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

Asian

72%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

134

Total Pupils

58%Boys

42%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

68%

England average

27%

First language not English

48%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 134
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 26 May 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
14 Dec 2011	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.