Bigland Green Primary School
Bigland Green Primary School is a primary school in London for ages 3 to 11.
Practise what Bigland Green Primary School is teaching this term
Daily maths in the order Bigland Green Primary School teaches it, where its maps give one. English keeps to the usual order for their year. Start with a free five-minute class.
At a glance
- Type
- Community school, run by the council
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 477
- Who it's for
- Boys and girls
- Address
- Bigland Street, London, E1 2ND
- Phone
- 02077 027088
The school's websiteResults and performanceFull register entryMap
What Ofsted found
Full inspection, March 2024.
- Overall effectiveness: Bigland Green Primary School continues to be an outstanding school.
- Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.
- Inspectors found behaviour is excellent, with no disruption to learning in lessons.
- Inspectors found pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities achieve well because learning is adapted effectively.
- Inspectors found bullying is very rare and dealt with immediately if it does occur and pupils feel safe at school.
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.
The school
- The school has a no mobile policy on the premises, including the playground.
Source: Bigland Green Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
How it teaches
- The school uses Little Wandle as its systematic synthetic phonics programme in Reception.
- The school is a Philosophy 4 Children school and its pupils are challenged to ask big questions about their learning.
- The curriculum is taught through a context for learning and aims to achieve the National Curriculum and more.
- Pupils read in their classes on two to three days each week between 9:00 and 9:15 AM as part of Read to Learn.
Source: Bigland Green Primary School website; Bigland Green Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
The school day and clubs
- Most clubs run after school from 3:30 to 4:30 PM, with some in the mornings or at lunchtime.
- School times are 9.00 AM to 3.30 PM, Monday to Friday.
- Current clubs include home-learning, creative writing, computer skills, PRINT club, football, crochet club, theatre club and Digital Minds.
- Lunchtime for Nursery and Reception runs from 11.30 AM to 1.00 PM.
- A Club Showcase is usually held at the end of each term so parents can see what children have learned.
Source: Bigland Green Primary School website; Bigland Green Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
What each year group is learning
From Bigland Green Primary School's curriculum maps.
Year 1
- Phonics
- Systematic synthetic phonics using the Little Wandle programme
- Music
- Singing nursery rhymes
Year 3
Year 4
- PE
- Teamwork in netball
Year 5Autumn 1 and Spring 1 and Summer 1 and Autumn 2 and Spring 2 and Summer 2
- Maths
- Fractions, decimals and percentages. Converting units, volume, perimeter and area. Statistics, shape properties and position and direction
- Science
- Living things and their habitats, including reproduction in plants and animals. Animals including humans and the human life cycle
- Geography
- Global trade. Natural treasures, comparing with Jamaica. Changes in the local area through fieldwork
- Music
- How music can be performed, including beat, pitch and rhythm
Year 6Autumn 1
- Science
- How light travels and how objects cast shadows
Read on 11 November 2026 from the school's Curriculum & Termly Overview page. The maps: The latest version of the school curriculum can be downloaded from this link., Year 3 – (Ivy and Tulip Classes), Year 4 – (Crocus and Hydrangea Classes), Year 5 – (Hyacinth and Violet Classes), Year 6 – (Orchid and Poppy Classes).
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Help your child with what Bigland Green Primary School is teaching this term
Daily maths in the order the school teaches it, English in the usual order for their year, with a weekly view of what they have mastered.