Central Foundation Girls' School

Bow Road, Tower Hamlets, E3 2AE

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About this school

Central Foundation Girls' School is a Voluntary aided school serving secondary age pupils, located in Tower Hamlets. The school has 1,541 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 4 November 2021). Last inspected 6 January 2026. The Headteacher is Carla Prince. The school is administered by Tower Hamlets local authority. The school has girls-only admissions.

School details

Headteacher

Carla Prince

Local authority

Tower Hamlets

Gender

Girls

URN

100975

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Central Foundation Girls' School are handled by the school or the local authority (Tower Hamlets). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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