Tower Bridge Primary School
Tower Bridge Primary School is a primary school in London for ages 3 to 11.
Daily practice for Tower Bridge Primary School pupils
Daily maths and English that follow the national curriculum for your child's year. Start with a free five-minute class.
At a glance
- Type
- Community school, run by the council
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 190
- Who it's for
- Boys and girls
- Address
- Fair Street, London, SE1 2AE
- Phone
- 02074 072959
The school's websiteResults and performanceFull register entryMap
What Ofsted found
Full inspection, March 2025.
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Good
- Early years provision: Outstanding
- Inspectors found behaviour is excellent across the school, with pupils respectful to staff and each other and focused in lessons.
- Inspectors found the school prioritises reading, with staff teaching the chosen phonics scheme clearly and effectively.
Our summary of Ofsted's report. Read the full reports on Ofsted's website. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
What each year group is learning
From Tower Bridge Primary School's curriculum maps.
ReceptionAutumn
- Maths
- Identifying sets of objects
- Reading
- Retelling stories using story props
- Phonics
- Children learn their letters and sounds to support reading and writing
- Science
- Experimenting with natural and man-made resources
- Geography
- Talking about where we live and where we come from
- Music
- Group sessions could include music
- PE
- Learning to use outdoor equipment safely
- PSHE
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development is a prime area of learning
- Other
- Talking about celebrations special to us. Learning to use the toilet, wash hands and dress independently
Year 1Autumn
- Geography
- Mapping the local area
- Computing
- What technology is
- RE
- What is important to a Hindu person and why. Key Hindu objects, artefacts, beliefs, teachings and practices. How a Christian celebrates Christmas. Retelling Christian stories
- PSHE
- Being polite and courteous
- Other
- Using Purple Mash to publish work. Visiting a museum. Visiting the library. Walking around London to look at buildings
Year 2Autumn
- Science
- Animals including humans
- History
- Knowing about an event that happened before their grandparents were born. Knowing how objects used in the past have changed over time. Knowing about a significant historical person. Knowing that children's lives today are different to those of children from the past. Knowing how the local area is different to the way it used to be
- Geography
- Knowing the four countries of the UK and their capital cities. Describing features of an island. Describing key features of a place from a picture using geographical words. Finding where they live on a map of the UK. Explaining how an area has been spoilt or improved, giving reasons. Explaining the facilities a village, town and city may need
- PE
- Reacting quicker than opponents. Moving safely in a confined space avoiding others. Catching a flying and bouncing ball consistently. Controlling a ball using a racket
- RE
- Retelling and sequencing the story of creation. Explaining why holy books are special to believers
Year 3Autumn
- Science
- Rocks and fossils. Forces and magnets
- History
- How Stone Age people survived against threats. How tools changed to make hunting more successful. How cave paintings were created and what they tell us. How the Bronze Age was different to the Stone Age
- Design and technology
- Designing and making a Neolithic home
- PE
- Dribbling and passing in games
- RE
- Visiting a religious site. Teachings of Jesus and Buddha. Symbolic meaning of light
Year 4Autumn
- Maths
- Plotting events on a timeline using centuries
- Writing
- Writing a story set in Roman times, based on research
- Science
- Electricity. States of matter
- History
- How the Romans took control of Britain. Various aspects of Roman culture. How the Romans changed Britain
- Geography
- Why people are attracted to live in cities
- RE
- How Christians use the Bible at home and in Church
Year 5Autumn
- Writing
- Poems inspired by kennings
- Phonics
- Revision of an/en and au/eau sounds
- Science
- Living things and their habitats
- History
- Why the Angles, Saxons and Jutes invaded Britain. The significance of Sutton Hoo
- Geography
- Climate differences between Scandinavia and Britain
- RE
- Investigating why religious and world views matter. What different religions believe about the existence of God or Gods
- PSHE
- Equality of all regardless of gender, race and creed
- French
- Partitive articles du, de la, de l’, des. Plural nouns with les and des
Year 6Autumn
- Science
- Electricity
- History
- Knowing which countries took part in the Second World War. Identifying and explaining propaganda. Describing a key event from Britain's past using a range of evidence. Summarising how Britain has had a major influence on the world. Placing features of historical events in a chronological framework. Events that led up to the Second World War
- Geography
- Using maps to answer questions, Ordnance Survey symbols and six figure grid references
- Computing
- Boolean logic. Binary number representation
- Music
- Composing a song
- RE
- Qualities important to present day religious leaders. Critically evaluating the role of more than one religious leader. Appreciating and appraising different views on life after death. Roles and duties of religious leaders in several religions. Names of leaders in religious and secular communities
Read on 10 November 2026 from the school's Curriculum page. The maps: Topic Poster EYFS, EYFS Welcome Pack September 2026, Topic Poster Year 1, Topic Poster Year 2, Topic Poster Year 3, Topic Poster Year 4, Topic Poster Year 5, Topic Poster Year 6.
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School details: Get Information about Schools, Department for Education, URN 100813. Checked 9 November 2026.
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