Academy converter · Tower Hamlets

Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy

3–11Ages
623Pupils
PrimaryPhase
140064URN

Dee Street, Poplar, London, E14 0PT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.4per place

0.5 below Tower Hamlets median (2.0)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Tower Hamlets

81 applications for 57 places · 54th of 58 in Tower Hamlets

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

74%met the expected standard

Tower Hamlets 71% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 10 June 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education	Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management	Outstanding
Early years provision	Outstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.4applications per place, Reception

0.5 below Tower Hamlets median (2.0) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

81 applications · 57 places offered · 52 named it first

2026 1.4; Tower Hamlets median median 2.0
2025 1.4; Tower Hamlets median median 2.0
2024 1.6; Tower Hamlets median median 2.2
2023 1.4; Tower Hamlets median median 2.1
2022 1.4; Tower Hamlets median median 2.1
2021 1.3; Tower Hamlets median median 2.0
2020 1.7; Tower Hamlets median median 2.2
2019 1.7; Tower Hamlets median median 2.4
2018 1.6; Tower Hamlets median median 2.5
2017 1.5; Tower Hamlets median median 2.5
2016 1.6; Tower Hamlets median median 2.7
2015 1.7; Tower Hamlets median median 2.8
2014 1.6; Tower Hamlets median median 3.1

More applications per place than the Tower Hamlets median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
Tower Hamlets median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	57	81	1.4	52	0.91
Sep 2025	68	92	1.4	64	0.94
Sep 2024	59	97	1.6	57	0.97
Sep 2023	86	116	1.4	79	0.92
Sep 2022	89	122	1.4	79	0.89
Sep 2021	82	109	1.3	71	0.87
Sep 2020	86	147	1.7	94	1.09
Sep 2019	85	147	1.7	97	1.14
Sep 2018	87	139	1.6	82	0.94
Sep 2017	81	122	1.5	71	0.88
Sep 2016	82	128	1.6	74	0.90
Sep 2015	81	136	1.7	78	0.96
Sep 2014	79	128	1.6	70	0.89

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 83% · Writing 77% · Maths 84% → all three 74% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard74%23rd of 60 in Tower Hamlets

Tower Hamlets 71% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard83%

Tower Hamlets 83% England 78%

Higher standard44%

Tower Hamlets 39% England 33%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard77%

Tower Hamlets 79% England 75%

Greater depth21%

Tower Hamlets 16% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard84%

Tower Hamlets 83% England 77%

Higher standard43%

Tower Hamlets 34% England 24%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

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Tower Hamlets median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	74%	20%	109	109
2023/24	68%	17%	107	109
2022/23	71%	21%	107	108

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Culloden Primary - A Paradigm AcademyThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.4applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Woolmore Primary School
0.4 km · Tower Hamlets

Outstanding2022

1.5applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Manorfield Primary School
0.7 km · Tower Hamlets

Good2024

1.5applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Lansbury Lawrence Primary School
0.7 km · Tower Hamlets

Outstanding2024

2.3applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
St Saviour's Church of England Primary School
0.8 km · Tower Hamlets

Standards maintained2025

2.4applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Bygrove Primary School
0.8 km · Tower Hamlets

Outstanding2023

4.7applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
Mayflower Primary School
0.9 km · Tower Hamlets

Remains Outstanding2022

3.2applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School
1.0 km · Tower Hamlets

Remains Good2022

1.6applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Marner Primary School
1.1 km · Tower Hamlets

Remains Good2022

2.0applications per place 69%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 140064 · 211/2145
Trust: Paradigm Trust
Capacity: 630 pupils · 623 on roll
Free school meals: 36.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: Resourced provision
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2013
Replaced: Culloden Primary School (URN 100899)
Address: Dee Street, Poplar, London, E14 0PT
Local authority: Tower Hamlets

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources