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Tower Hamlets: school funding per pupil

Last updated 29 September 2026. Figures refresh every night. How each figure is worked out.

£329m for Tower Hamlets in 2026-27, £983 per resident, −1.5% on a year earlier after inflation. That is £8,961 of schools block funding per pupil in 2026-27, against £6,771 for England. 2026-27 is the provisional allocation, which DfE updates for the latest pupil numbers.

Figure as of 19 November 2025. Source: Department for Education.

Key figures

£329m2026-27, cash +0.5% on a year earlier As of 19 November 2025
£983Per resident, 2026-27 As of 19 November 2025
£8,961Schools block funding per pupil, 2026-27 England: £6,771 As of 19 November 2025
£8,784Schools block funding per pupil, real terms, 2026-27 England: £6,638 As of 19 November 2025
£9,500Mainstream school funding per pupil, 2025-26 England: £6,996 As of 29 January 2026

Source: Department for Education.

Over time: cash, real terms and per resident

Tower Hamlets: spending in cash and in 2025-26 prices, £ million

Real terms use HM Treasury’s GDP deflator, 2025-26 prices.

The numbers behind this chart

Tower Hamlets: spending in cash and in 2025-26 prices, £ million (£ million)
Year	Real terms (2025-26 prices)	Cash
2019-20 Details for 2019-20	£330.4m	£258.3m
Cash £258.3m
2020-21 Details for 2020-21	£333.1m	£274.0m
Cash £274.0m
2021-22 Details for 2021-22	£338.6m	£279.2m
Cash £279.2m
2022-23 Details for 2022-23	£335.5m	£296.1m
Cash £296.1m
2023-24 Details for 2023-24	£327.0m	£303.8m
Cash £303.8m
2024-25 Details for 2024-25	£330.8m	£319.8m
Cash £319.8m
2025-26 Details for 2025-26	£326.8m	£326.8m
Cash £326.8m
2026-27 Details for 2026-27	£322.0m	£328.5m
Cash £328.5m

Figure as of 19 November 2025. Source: Department for Education.

Tower Hamlets: spending per resident, 2025-26 prices

Per resident divides by ONS mid-year population estimates.

The numbers behind this chart

Tower Hamlets: spending per resident, 2025-26 prices (£ per resident)
Year	Per resident, 2025-26 prices	Per resident, cash
2019-20 Details for 2019-20	£1,083	£847
Per resident, cash £847
2020-21 Details for 2020-21	£1,086	£893
Per resident, cash £893
2021-22 Details for 2021-22	£1,083	£893
Per resident, cash £893
2022-23 Details for 2022-23	£1,024	£904
Per resident, cash £904
2023-24 Details for 2023-24	£979	£910
Per resident, cash £910
2024-25 Details for 2024-25	£984	£951
Per resident, cash £951
2025-26 Details for 2025-26	£978	£978
Per resident, cash £978
2026-27 Details for 2026-27	£964	£983
Per resident, cash £983

Figure as of 19 November 2025. Source: Department for Education.

Source: Department for Education, National funding formula tables for schools and high needs: summary tables, 2020-21 to 2026-27, published 19 November 2025.

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Tower Hamlets

The schools block of the dedicated schools grant for pupils aged 5 to 16 in mainstream schools, with the grants later rolled into it. 2026-27 is the provisional allocation. High needs (special educational needs), early years and central services are separate blocks and are not included.

£329m in 2026-27 (cash); £322m in 2025-26 prices; £983 per resident; +0.5% on a year earlier in cash, −1.5% in real terms.

Spending category: not published. Each mainstream school’s 2025-26 allocation is in the table of schools on this authority’s page (DfE school-level funding). What each school then spends is published separately (consistent financial reporting for maintained schools, academy accounts returns for academies) and is not read here.

Cash is as published. Real terms are in 2025-26 prices, using HM Treasury’s GDP deflator. Per resident divides by ONS mid-year population for the area the body serves. Changes compare the same body in consecutive years.

What is recorded alongside the money

These figures are published beside the funding, not as its result. Demand, geography, recording practice and many other things differ between areas and change over time; none of these charts shows cause and effect.

Tower Hamlets against England: latest period of each measure
Measure	Tower Hamlets	England	Period
Schools block funding per pupil Details for Schools block funding per pupil	£8,961	£6,771	2026-27
England £6,771 Period 2026-27
Schools block funding per pupil, real terms Details for Schools block funding per pupil, real terms	£8,784	£6,638	2026-27
England £6,638 Period 2026-27
Mainstream school funding per pupil Details for Mainstream school funding per pupil	£9,500	£6,996	2025-26
England £6,996 Period 2025-26
Pupils per teacher Details for Pupils per teacher	15.6 pupils per teacher	17.9 pupils per teacher	2025/26
England 17.9 pupils per teacher Period 2025/26
Pupils in academies Details for Pupils in academies	32.6%	62.8%	2025-26
England 62.8% Period 2025-26
Apprenticeship starts per 100,000 people Details for Apprenticeship starts per 100,000 people	610 per 100,000	959 per 100,000	2024/25
England 959 per 100,000 Period 2024/25

Schools block funding per pupil: Tower Hamlets and comparisons

The local authority’s schools block of the dedicated schools grant, with the grants later rolled into it, divided by its schools block pupils (aged 5 to 16, in state-funded mainstream schools). Cash. Upper-tier authorities (counties, unitaries, metropolitan districts, London boroughs), England only. The latest year is the provisional allocation. Breaks in the series: 2020-21: From 2020-21 the teachers’ pay and pension grants are rolled in; each later year includes the grants rolled in the year after.

The numbers behind this chart

Schools block funding per pupil: Tower Hamlets and comparisons (Schools block funding per pupil)
Year	Tower Hamlets	England
2019-20 Details for 2019-20	£6,837	£4,645
England £4,645
2020-21 Details for 2020-21	£7,219	£5,063
England £5,063
2021-22 Details for 2021-22	£7,377	£5,221
England £5,221
2022-23 Details for 2022-23	£7,747	£5,534
England £5,534
2023-24 Details for 2023-24	£8,017	£5,839
England £5,839
2024-25 Details for 2024-25	£8,560	£6,298
England £6,298
2025-26 Details for 2025-26	£8,915	£6,608
England £6,608
2026-27 Details for 2026-27	£8,961	£6,771
England £6,771

Figure as of 19 November 2025. Source: Department for Education.

Schools block funding per pupil, real terms: Tower Hamlets and comparisons

The same, in the dataset’s price base using HM Treasury’s GDP deflator.

The numbers behind this chart

Schools block funding per pupil, real terms: Tower Hamlets and comparisons (Schools block funding per pupil, real terms)
Year	Tower Hamlets	England
2019-20 Details for 2019-20	£8,746	£5,941
England £5,941
2020-21 Details for 2020-21	£8,775	£6,154
England £6,154
2021-22 Details for 2021-22	£8,946	£6,332
England £6,332
2022-23 Details for 2022-23	£8,779	£6,270
England £6,270
2023-24 Details for 2023-24	£8,630	£6,286
England £6,286
2024-25 Details for 2024-25	£8,854	£6,515
England £6,515
2025-26 Details for 2025-26	£8,915	£6,608
England £6,608
2026-27 Details for 2026-27	£8,784	£6,638
England £6,638

Figure as of 19 November 2025. Source: Department for Education.

Pupils per teacher: Tower Hamlets and comparisons

Full-time equivalent pupils per full-time equivalent teacher (qualified and unqualified) in state-funded schools, November each year (the school workforce census), England. The period is the academic year that starts that autumn.

The numbers behind this chart

Pupils per teacher: Tower Hamlets and comparisons (Pupils per teacher, pupils per teacher)
Year	Tower Hamlets	England
2010/11 Details for 2010/11	14.2	17.1
England 17.1
2011/12 Details for 2011/12	14.4	17.2
England 17.2
2012/13 Details for 2012/13	14.7	17.2
England 17.2
2013/14 Details for 2013/14	14.1	17.1
England 17.1
2014/15 Details for 2014/15	14.0	17.1
England 17.1
2015/16 Details for 2015/16	14.2	17.3
England 17.3
2016/17 Details for 2016/17	14.2	17.5
England 17.5
2017/18 Details for 2017/18	14.5	17.9
England 17.9
2018/19 Details for 2018/19	14.8	18.0
England 18.0
2019/20 Details for 2019/20	15.0	18.2
England 18.2
2020/21 Details for 2020/21	15.1	18.0
England 18.0
2021/22 Details for 2021/22	15.3	18.0
England 18.0
2022/23 Details for 2022/23	15.3	18.0
England 18.0
2023/24 Details for 2023/24	15.7	18.1
England 18.1
2024/25 Details for 2024/25	15.4	18.0
England 18.0
2025/26 Details for 2025/26	15.6	17.9
England 17.9

Figure as of 4 June 2026. Source: Department for Education.

Apprenticeship starts per 100,000 people: Tower Hamlets and comparisons

Apprenticeship starts by people living in the authority per 100,000 population, as DfE publishes it (on its own population estimate), England, academic year (August to July). Full years only.

The numbers behind this chart

Apprenticeship starts per 100,000 people: Tower Hamlets and comparisons (Apprenticeship starts per 100,000 people, per 100,000)
Year	Tower Hamlets	England
2020/21 Details for 2020/21	655	906
England 906
2021/22 Details for 2021/22	701	980
England 980
2022/23 Details for 2022/23	615	938
England 938
2023/24 Details for 2023/24	560	932
England 932
2024/25 Details for 2024/25	610	959
England 959

Figure as of 16 July 2026. Source: Department for Education.

Every mainstream school: its allocation for 2025-26

84 mainstream schools with 36,833 pupils were allocated £350m in 2025-26, £9,500 per pupil (England: £6,996). 32.6% of the pupils are in academies, which are funded directly by DfE on the same formula. Allocations differ mainly with pupils’ deprivation and prior attainment, school size and local costs; special schools and high-needs top-ups are not in this table.

Tower Hamlets: mainstream schools’ funding allocations, 2025-26
School	Phase	Pupils	Per pupil	Total	URN	Academy
Arnhem Wharf Primary School Details for Arnhem Wharf Primary School	Primary	477	£8,530	£4,069,010	130352	No
Phase Primary Pupils 477 Total £4,069,010 URN 130352 Academy No
Bangabandhu Primary School Details for Bangabandhu Primary School	Primary	302	£9,200	£2,778,343	100937	No
Phase Primary Pupils 302 Total £2,778,343 URN 100937 Academy No
Ben Jonson Primary School Details for Ben Jonson Primary School	Primary	576	£8,562	£4,931,870	100890	No
Phase Primary Pupils 576 Total £4,931,870 URN 100890 Academy No
Bigland Green Primary School Details for Bigland Green Primary School	Primary	416	£8,535	£3,550,386	100939	No
Phase Primary Pupils 416 Total £3,550,386 URN 100939 Academy No
Bishop Challoner Catholic School Details for Bishop Challoner Catholic School	Secondary	904	£10,390	£9,392,934	150606	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 904 Total £9,392,934 URN 150606 Academy Yes
Blue Gate Fields Infants' School Details for Blue Gate Fields Infants' School	Primary	269	£8,581	£2,308,379	100915	No
Phase Primary Pupils 269 Total £2,308,379 URN 100915 Academy No
Blue Gate Fields Junior School Details for Blue Gate Fields Junior School	Primary	353	£8,289	£2,925,857	100895	No
Phase Primary Pupils 353 Total £2,925,857 URN 100895 Academy No
Bonner Primary School Details for Bonner Primary School	Primary	689	£8,678	£5,978,968	100891	No
Phase Primary Pupils 689 Total £5,978,968 URN 100891 Academy No
Bow School Details for Bow School	Secondary	1,053	£11,211	£11,805,081	100965	No
Phase Secondary Pupils 1,053 Total £11,805,081 URN 100965 Academy No
Bygrove Primary School Details for Bygrove Primary School	Primary	209	£10,208	£2,133,506	144236	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 209 Total £2,133,506 URN 144236 Academy Yes
Canary Wharf College Crossharbour Details for Canary Wharf College Crossharbour	Secondary	459	£10,057	£4,616,232	142879	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 459 Total £4,616,232 URN 142879 Academy Yes
Canary Wharf College, East Ferry Details for Canary Wharf College, East Ferry	Primary	311	£7,013	£2,180,987	137016	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 311 Total £2,180,987 URN 137016 Academy Yes
Canary Wharf College, Glenworth Details for Canary Wharf College, Glenworth	Primary	314	£7,325	£2,299,954	141039	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 314 Total £2,299,954 URN 141039 Academy Yes
Cayley Primary School Details for Cayley Primary School	Primary	402	£8,793	£3,534,904	100894	No
Phase Primary Pupils 402 Total £3,534,904 URN 100894 Academy No
Central Foundation Girls' School Details for Central Foundation Girls' School	Secondary	1,182	£10,858	£12,834,280	100975	No
Phase Secondary Pupils 1,182 Total £12,834,280 URN 100975 Academy No
Chisenhale Primary School Details for Chisenhale Primary School	Primary	295	£7,969	£2,350,886	100896	No
Phase Primary Pupils 295 Total £2,350,886 URN 100896 Academy No
Christ Church CofE School Details for Christ Church CofE School	Primary	141	£8,956	£1,262,863	100944	No
Phase Primary Pupils 141 Total £1,262,863 URN 100944 Academy No
Columbia Primary School Details for Columbia Primary School	Primary	389	£8,009	£3,115,443	150662	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 389 Total £3,115,443 URN 150662 Academy Yes
Cubitt Town Primary School Details for Cubitt Town Primary School	Primary	611	£8,428	£5,149,713	100898	No
Phase Primary Pupils 611 Total £5,149,713 URN 100898 Academy No
Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy Details for Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy	Primary	575	£8,040	£4,622,931	140064	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 575 Total £4,622,931 URN 140064 Academy Yes
Cyril Jackson Primary School Details for Cyril Jackson Primary School	Primary	391	£8,465	£3,309,898	148681	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 391 Total £3,309,898 URN 148681 Academy Yes
Elizabeth Selby Infants' School Details for Elizabeth Selby Infants' School	Primary	167	£9,556	£1,595,817	100908	No
Phase Primary Pupils 167 Total £1,595,817 URN 100908 Academy No
English Martyrs Roman Catholic Primary School Details for English Martyrs Roman Catholic Primary School	Primary	165	£8,055	£1,329,068	100962	No
Phase Primary Pupils 165 Total £1,329,068 URN 100962 Academy No
George Green's School Details for George Green's School	Secondary	1,013	£11,220	£11,366,357	100974	No
Phase Secondary Pupils 1,013 Total £11,366,357 URN 100974 Academy No
Globe Primary School Details for Globe Primary School	Primary	325	£8,536	£2,774,312	100902	No
Phase Primary Pupils 325 Total £2,774,312 URN 100902 Academy No
Hague Primary School Details for Hague Primary School	Primary	186	£8,637	£1,606,412	100903	No
Phase Primary Pupils 186 Total £1,606,412 URN 100903 Academy No
Halley Primary School Details for Halley Primary School	Primary	189	£8,826	£1,668,205	100938	No
Phase Primary Pupils 189 Total £1,668,205 URN 100938 Academy No
Harbinger Primary School Details for Harbinger Primary School	Primary	250	£9,078	£2,269,440	100904	No
Phase Primary Pupils 250 Total £2,269,440 URN 100904 Academy No
Harry Gosling Primary School Details for Harry Gosling Primary School	Primary	396	£8,547	£3,384,608	131737	No
Phase Primary Pupils 396 Total £3,384,608 URN 131737 Academy No
Hermitage Primary School Details for Hermitage Primary School	Primary	248	£8,444	£2,094,093	151013	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 248 Total £2,094,093 URN 151013 Academy Yes
John Scurr Primary School Details for John Scurr Primary School	Primary	393	£8,417	£3,307,728	100906	No
Phase Primary Pupils 393 Total £3,307,728 URN 100906 Academy No
Kobi Nazrul Primary School Details for Kobi Nazrul Primary School	Primary	210	£8,716	£1,830,314	100940	No
Phase Primary Pupils 210 Total £1,830,314 URN 100940 Academy No
Langdon Park Community School Details for Langdon Park Community School	Secondary	887	£11,329	£10,048,666	100966	No
Phase Secondary Pupils 887 Total £10,048,666 URN 100966 Academy No
Lansbury Lawrence Primary School Details for Lansbury Lawrence Primary School	Primary	403	£9,041	£3,643,696	133574	No
Phase Primary Pupils 403 Total £3,643,696 URN 133574 Academy No
Lawdale Junior School Details for Lawdale Junior School	Primary	206	£9,077	£1,869,891	100907	No
Phase Primary Pupils 206 Total £1,869,891 URN 100907 Academy No
London Enterprise Academy Details for London Enterprise Academy	Secondary	423	£11,285	£4,773,613	141133	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 423 Total £4,773,613 URN 141133 Academy Yes
Malmesbury Primary School Details for Malmesbury Primary School	Primary	403	£8,458	£3,408,773	134160	No
Phase Primary Pupils 403 Total £3,408,773 URN 134160 Academy No
Manorfield Primary School Details for Manorfield Primary School	Primary	593	£8,570	£5,081,800	100920	No
Phase Primary Pupils 593 Total £5,081,800 URN 100920 Academy No
Marion Richardson Primary School Details for Marion Richardson Primary School	Primary	407	£8,511	£3,463,827	100911	No
Phase Primary Pupils 407 Total £3,463,827 URN 100911 Academy No
Marner Primary School Details for Marner Primary School	Primary	575	£8,478	£4,874,901	100912	No
Phase Primary Pupils 575 Total £4,874,901 URN 100912 Academy No
Mayflower Primary School Details for Mayflower Primary School	Primary	354	£8,572	£3,034,539	100913	No
Phase Primary Pupils 354 Total £3,034,539 URN 100913 Academy No
Morpeth School Details for Morpeth School	Secondary	1,179	£10,593	£12,489,084	100967	No
Phase Secondary Pupils 1,179 Total £12,489,084 URN 100967 Academy No
Mowlem Primary School Details for Mowlem Primary School	Primary	203	£9,142	£1,855,916	100914	No
Phase Primary Pupils 203 Total £1,855,916 URN 100914 Academy No
Mulberry Academy London Dock Details for Mulberry Academy London Dock	Secondary	256	£9,819	£2,513,675	143716	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 256 Total £2,513,675 URN 143716 Academy Yes
Mulberry Academy Shoreditch Details for Mulberry Academy Shoreditch	Secondary	858	£11,418	£9,796,375	137789	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 858 Total £9,796,375 URN 137789 Academy Yes
Mulberry Canon Barnett Primary Academy Details for Mulberry Canon Barnett Primary Academy	Primary	156	£9,248	£1,442,653	148769	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 156 Total £1,442,653 URN 148769 Academy Yes
Mulberry School for Girls Details for Mulberry School for Girls	Secondary	1,221	£10,598	£12,939,753	143629	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 1,221 Total £12,939,753 URN 143629 Academy Yes
Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College Details for Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College	Secondary	965	£10,658	£10,284,854	144700	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 965 Total £10,284,854 URN 144700 Academy Yes
Mulberry UTC Details for Mulberry UTC	Secondary	70	£13,670	£956,869	144756	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 70 Total £956,869 URN 144756 Academy Yes
Mulberry Wood Wharf Primary School Details for Mulberry Wood Wharf Primary School	Primary	187	£7,424	£1,388,216	149084	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 187 Total £1,388,216 URN 149084 Academy Yes
Oaklands School Details for Oaklands School	Secondary	734	£11,124	£8,165,333	100972	No
Phase Secondary Pupils 734 Total £8,165,333 URN 100972 Academy No
Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm Academy Details for Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm Academy	Primary	579	£8,685	£5,028,597	140096	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 579 Total £5,028,597 URN 140096 Academy Yes
Old Palace Primary School Details for Old Palace Primary School	Primary	393	£8,183	£3,215,827	100892	No
Phase Primary Pupils 393 Total £3,215,827 URN 100892 Academy No
Olga Primary School Details for Olga Primary School	Primary	476	£8,665	£4,124,323	100916	No
Phase Primary Pupils 476 Total £4,124,323 URN 100916 Academy No
Osmani Primary School Details for Osmani Primary School	Primary	379	£8,732	£3,309,473	100934	No
Phase Primary Pupils 379 Total £3,309,473 URN 100934 Academy No
Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School Details for Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School	Primary	373	£8,581	£3,200,856	139423	No
Phase Primary Pupils 373 Total £3,200,856 URN 139423 Academy No
Seven Mills Primary School Details for Seven Mills Primary School	Primary	201	£9,179	£1,844,922	100931	No
Phase Primary Pupils 201 Total £1,844,922 URN 100931 Academy No
Sir William Burrough Primary School Details for Sir William Burrough Primary School	Primary	299	£8,084	£2,417,162	137682	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 299 Total £2,417,162 URN 137682 Academy Yes
Solebay Primary - A Paradigm Academy Details for Solebay Primary - A Paradigm Academy	Primary	154	£9,175	£1,413,024	138276	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 154 Total £1,413,024 URN 138276 Academy Yes
St Agnes RC Primary School Details for St Agnes RC Primary School	Primary	178	£8,563	£1,524,290	100949	No
Phase Primary Pupils 178 Total £1,524,290 URN 100949 Academy No
St Anne's and Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School Details for St Anne's and Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School	Primary	173	£8,816	£1,525,143	150554	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 173 Total £1,525,143 URN 150554 Academy Yes
St Edmund's Catholic School Details for St Edmund's Catholic School	Primary	184	£8,078	£1,486,289	100951	No
Phase Primary Pupils 184 Total £1,486,289 URN 100951 Academy No
St Elizabeth Catholic Primary School Details for St Elizabeth Catholic Primary School	Primary	257	£8,469	£2,176,412	133288	No
Phase Primary Pupils 257 Total £2,176,412 URN 133288 Academy No
St John's Church of England Primary School Details for St John's Church of England Primary School	Primary	145	£9,570	£1,387,651	100953	No
Phase Primary Pupils 145 Total £1,387,651 URN 100953 Academy No
St Luke's Church of England Primary School Details for St Luke's Church of England Primary School	Primary	361	£7,945	£2,868,182	100954	No
Phase Primary Pupils 361 Total £2,868,182 URN 100954 Academy No
St Mary and St Michael Primary School Details for St Mary and St Michael Primary School	Primary	372	£8,057	£2,997,053	131936	No
Phase Primary Pupils 372 Total £2,997,053 URN 131936 Academy No
St Paul With St Luke CofE Primary Federation Details for St Paul With St Luke CofE Primary Federation	Primary	166	£9,287	£1,541,697	100958	No
Phase Primary Pupils 166 Total £1,541,697 URN 100958 Academy No
St Paul's Way Trust School Details for St Paul's Way Trust School	All-through	1,583	£11,103	£17,575,853	143379	Yes
Phase All-through Pupils 1,583 Total £17,575,853 URN 143379 Academy Yes
St Paul's Whitechapel Church of England Primary School Details for St Paul's Whitechapel Church of England Primary School	Primary	192	£8,503	£1,632,556	100959	No
Phase Primary Pupils 192 Total £1,632,556 URN 100959 Academy No
St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary School Details for St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary School	Primary	201	£7,880	£1,583,824	100960	No
Phase Primary Pupils 201 Total £1,583,824 URN 100960 Academy No
St Saviour's Church of England Primary School Details for St Saviour's Church of England Primary School	Primary	197	£8,401	£1,655,095	100961	No
Phase Primary Pupils 197 Total £1,655,095 URN 100961 Academy No
Stebon Primary School Details for Stebon Primary School	Primary	590	£8,270	£4,879,579	144235	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 590 Total £4,879,579 URN 144235 Academy Yes
Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School Details for Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School	Secondary	1,027	£10,305	£10,583,315	100977	No
Phase Secondary Pupils 1,027 Total £10,583,315 URN 100977 Academy No
Stepney Greencoat Church of England Primary School Details for Stepney Greencoat Church of England Primary School	Primary	154	£8,468	£1,304,146	100946	No
Phase Primary Pupils 154 Total £1,304,146 URN 100946 Academy No
Stepney Park Primary School Details for Stepney Park Primary School	Primary	673	£8,356	£5,623,470	100917	No
Phase Primary Pupils 673 Total £5,623,470 URN 100917 Academy No
Stewart Headlam Primary School Details for Stewart Headlam Primary School	Primary	183	£9,430	£1,725,772	100923	No
Phase Primary Pupils 183 Total £1,725,772 URN 100923 Academy No
Swanlea School Details for Swanlea School	Secondary	1,040	£10,973	£11,411,748	100973	No
Phase Secondary Pupils 1,040 Total £11,411,748 URN 100973 Academy No
The Clara Grant Primary School Details for The Clara Grant Primary School	Primary	388	£8,860	£3,437,865	144699	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 388 Total £3,437,865 URN 144699 Academy Yes
Thomas Buxton Primary School Details for Thomas Buxton Primary School	Primary	366	£8,848	£3,238,258	100930	No
Phase Primary Pupils 366 Total £3,238,258 URN 100930 Academy No
Virginia Primary School Details for Virginia Primary School	Primary	199	£8,721	£1,735,524	100926	No
Phase Primary Pupils 199 Total £1,735,524 URN 100926 Academy No
Wapping High School Details for Wapping High School	Secondary	298	£10,763	£3,207,321	138202	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 298 Total £3,207,321 URN 138202 Academy Yes
Wellington Primary School Details for Wellington Primary School	Primary	361	£8,760	£3,162,287	100927	No
Phase Primary Pupils 361 Total £3,162,287 URN 100927 Academy No
William Davis Primary School Details for William Davis Primary School	Primary	154	£9,335	£1,437,541	100943	No
Phase Primary Pupils 154 Total £1,437,541 URN 100943 Academy No
Woolmore Primary School Details for Woolmore Primary School	Primary	597	£8,782	£5,242,677	100928	No
Phase Primary Pupils 597 Total £5,242,677 URN 100928 Academy No

Total is the school’s core schools block allocation plus pupil premium, the universal infant free school meals and PE and sport grants, and the teachers’ pay, National Insurance and schools budget support grants, as DfE lists them. Per pupil divides it by the school’s pupils. Each school’s record on the Get Information about Schools register is found by its URN.

Source: Department for Education, School funding statistics, Financial year 2025-26: national time series and school-level allocations, published 29 January 2026.

What these figures do and don't show

Different measures at each level. The UK and nation totals are HM Treasury’s spending on education by function. Below them are each publisher’s own measures: DfE’s core schools budget, each authority’s schools block, councils’ net education spending. They are not expected to add up to the level above.
England is not the UK. Education is devolved. The schools block, school allocations, the school workforce, apprenticeships and the student loan book shown here are England’s, and are never added to UK or other nations’ figures.
Per pupil is not comparable across nations. England’s schools block, Wales’s figures and Scotland’s council spending per pupil measure different things, so each authority is compared only with its own nation.
Student loans are lending, not spending. The money lent, repaid and still owed is shown beside the spending, not added to it. Only the part not expected to be repaid counts as spending, on the basis the Office for National Statistics introduced in 2018.
Nothing here shows cause and effect. Pupils per teacher, apprenticeship starts and other figures are shown alongside the money, not as its result. Areas differ in deprivation, sparsity, pupils with special needs and costs, which is why funding per pupil differs.
Allocations are not spending. School-level figures are what each school was allocated for the year, not what it spent; the latest schools block year is provisional.

Where this sits: United Kingdom → England → Department for Education: total departmental expenditure limit → State-funded schools in England: core funding for pupils aged 5 to 16 → Tower Hamlets. Figures from data/services/education.json, generated 29 September 2026.

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Source	Publisher	Figures as of	Updated	Licence
National funding formula tables for schools and high needs: summary tables, 2020-21 to 2026-27	Department for Education	19 November 2025	annual	Open Government Licence v3.0
School funding statistics, Financial year 2025-26: national time series and school-level allocations	Department for Education	29 January 2026	annual	Open Government Licence v3.0
School workforce in England, Reporting year 2025: size of the workforce and pupil to teacher ratios	Department for Education	4 June 2026	annual	Open Government Licence v3.0
Apprenticeships, Academic year 2025/26	Department for Education	16 July 2026	annual	Open Government Licence v3.0

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Tower Hamlets

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Every mainstream school: its allocation for 2025-26

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