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Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm Academy

3–11Ages
660Pupils
PrimaryPhase
140096URN

Wrights Road, Bow, London, E3 5LD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework

Outstanding

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.2per place

0.7 below Tower Hamlets median (2.0)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Tower Hamlets

101 applications for 83 places · 58th of 58 in Tower Hamlets

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

65%met the expected standard

Tower Hamlets 71% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 8 November 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
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

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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

1.2applications per place, Reception

0.7 below Tower Hamlets median (2.0) 1.0 below England median (2.2)

101 applications · 83 places offered · 76 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 1.2; Tower Hamlets median median 2.0
2025 1.8; Tower Hamlets median median 2.0
2024 1.8; Tower Hamlets median median 2.2
2023 1.6; Tower Hamlets median median 2.1
2022 1.7; Tower Hamlets median median 2.1
2021 1.8; Tower Hamlets median median 2.0
2020 1.6; Tower Hamlets median median 2.2
2019 1.9; Tower Hamlets median median 2.4
2018 1.9; Tower Hamlets median median 2.5
2017 2.2; Tower Hamlets median median 2.5
2016 2.7; Tower Hamlets median median 2.7
2015 2.3; Tower Hamlets median median 2.8
2014 3.0; 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	83	101	1.2	76	0.92
Sep 2025	72	130	1.8	65	0.90
Sep 2024	65	118	1.8	60	0.92
Sep 2023	80	128	1.6	75	0.94
Sep 2022	81	141	1.7	76	0.94
Sep 2021	78	139	1.8	71	0.91
Sep 2020	89	146	1.6	75	0.84
Sep 2019	86	160	1.9	83	0.97
Sep 2018	90	173	1.9	98	1.09
Sep 2017	88	194	2.2	97	1.10
Sep 2016	88	241	2.7	99	1.13
Sep 2015	89	204	2.3	97	1.09
Sep 2014	89	270	3.0	105	1.18

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 80% · Writing 75% · Maths 82% → all three 65% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard65%42nd of 60 in Tower Hamlets

Tower Hamlets 71% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard80%

Tower Hamlets 83% England 78%

Higher standard45%

Tower Hamlets 39% England 33%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard75%

Tower Hamlets 79% England 75%

Greater depth31%

Tower Hamlets 16% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard82%

Tower Hamlets 83% England 77%

Higher standard36%

Tower Hamlets 34% England 24%

Average scaled score 107 (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	65%	16%	107	107
2023/24	77%	21%	107	108
2022/23	69%	23%	106	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

Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm AcademyThis school
This school

Outstanding2022

1.2applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Olga Primary School
0.4 km · Tower Hamlets

2026

3.0applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Chisenhale Primary School
0.5 km · Tower Hamlets

Good2024

2.8applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
Malmesbury Primary School
0.6 km · Tower Hamlets

Remains Good2023

2.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Wellington Primary School
1.0 km · Tower Hamlets

Outstanding2023

1.8applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Lauriston School
1.0 km · Hackney

Good2023

3.1applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
St Agnes RC Primary School
1.1 km · Tower Hamlets

Outstanding2024

1.7applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Bonner Primary School
1.2 km · Tower Hamlets

Standards maintained2025

2.3applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Solebay Primary - A Paradigm Academy
1.3 km · Tower Hamlets

Outstanding2023

2.7applications per place 78%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
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Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 140096 · 211/2001
Trust: Paradigm Trust
Capacity: 630 pupils · 660 on roll
Free school meals: 52.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2013
Replaced: Old Ford Primary School (URN 131858)
Address: Wrights Road, Bow, London, E3 5LD
Local authority: Tower Hamlets

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