CouncilApplying for a school place online
If your child is due to start secondary school in September 2009 and was born between 1 September 1997 and 31 August 1998 you can make your application online. Apply between 1 September 2008 and 24 October 2008.
If your child is due to start primary school in 2009/10 and was born between 1 September 2004 and 31 August 2005 you can make your application online. Apply between 1 December 2008 and 13 February 2009.
Apply for a school place online
Before making an online application, please see supplementary information below. Applying online is a simple easy way to submit your child's secondary transfer application. You will be connected through to the YourLondon portal where you must register before you make your application. You will also be able to:
- Search for schools in Tower Hamlets and across London
- Access information about schools and link to school websites
- Make changes to your application up until the closing date
- Receive notification of the outcome of your application by email where an email address has been provided.
Please do not complete a paper application if you have applied online.
You can access the internet at any of the boroughs Idea Stores.
Useful links
- A list of Tower Hamlets secondary schools
- DCSF Parents Centre
- School Ofsted reports
- DCSF performance tables
- Advisory Centre for Education
- Tower Hamlets Parents Advice Centre
Applying online for a school place: supplementary information forms
Some schools require a completed supplementary form in addition to the online application form. You must complete and return both forms for your application to be considered. Supplementary forms must be returned to the appropriate school.
If you have made an online application to any of the schools listed below, please contact them for a supplementary form. You can click on the link for the school address and telephone number.
Secondary schools
- Bishop Challoner RC Boys School
- Bishop Challoner RC Girls School
- Raine's Foundation School
- Sir John Cass Foundation & Redchurch CE School
Primary schools
- Christ Church CE Primary School
- English Martyrs RC Primary School
- Guardian Angels RC Primary School
- Holy Family RC Primary School
- Our Lady’s RC Primary School
- St Agnes RC Primary School
- St Anne’s RC Primary School
- St Edmund’s RC Primary School
- St Elizabeth’s RC Primary School
- St John’s CE Primary School
- St Luke’s CE Primary School
- St Mary & St Michael RC Primary School
- St Matthias CE Primary School
- St Paul’s (Whitechapel) CE Primary School
- St Paul’s with St Luke’s CE Primary School
- St Peter’s London Docks CE Primary School
- St Saviour’s CE Primary School
- Stepney Greencoat CE Primary School
