Columbia Primary School
School Name: Columbia Primary School Address: Columbia Road, Bethnal Green Town/City: London Postcode: E2 7RG Country: United Kingdom Telephone Number: 02 0773 3835 Website: www.columbiaprimaryschool.org
Phase: Primary (ages 3-11) Type: Academy converter Religious Denomination: None Admissions Policy: Non-selective Established: 2024 Trust: The Letta Trust
Headteacher: Mr Oliver Woodward
Capacity: 450
Gender: Mixed
The following details are from a census on 15 January 2026:
Number of pupils: 416 (49% boys & 51% girls)
Enrollment: 92% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 24.5%
URN: 150662
DfE Number: 211/2118
UKPRN: 10094463
UPRN: 6004932
Region: London (E12000007)
District: Tower Hamlets (E09000030)
Constituency: Bethnal Green and Stepney (E14001086)
Electoral Ward: Weavers (E05009335)
Easting & Northing: 533966E, 182913N
Latitude & Longitude: 51° 31' 47.56" N 0° 4' 11.94" W
Plus Code: 9C3XGWHJ+X2
DfE Record: View record
- Mulberry Academy Shoreditch (0.2km)
- Columbia Market Nursery School (0.3km)
- Haggerston School (0.4km)
- Elizabeth Selby Infants' School (0.5km)
- Virginia Primary School (0.5km)
- City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park (0.5km)
- Lawdale Junior School (0.5km)
- Oaklands School (0.6km)
- William Davis Primary School (0.6km)
- Sebright School (0.6km)
Same trust
Predecessor school†
- Mr Shah Yusuf Ali - Local Governor. Appointed on 1 September 2024 (Appointed by trustees). Term runs until 1 September 2028.
- Ms Anita Barzey - Local Governor. Appointed on 1 September 2024 (Appointed by trustees). Term runs until 27 March 2026.
- Ms Anita Barzey - Chair of Local Governing Body. Appointed on 28 March 2026 (Appointed by trustees). Term runs until 1 September 2028.
- Mr Justin Stephen Hopgood - Local Governor. Appointed on 1 September 2024 (Appointed by trustees). Term runs until 1 September 2028.
- Ms Matilda Munro - Chair of Local Governing Body. Appointed on 1 September 2024 (Appointed by trustees). Term runs until 27 March 2026.
- Mr Mohammed Zafor Sadeque - Local Governor. Appointed on 1 September 2024 (Appointed by trustees). Term runs until 1 September 2028.
- Neil Taylor - Local Governor. Appointed on 8 December 2025 (Appointed by trustees). Term runs until 8 December 2029.
- Mr Oliver Woodward - Local Governor. Appointed on 1 September 2024 (Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal). Term runs until 1 September 2028.