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St Paul's Way Trust School

  • 4–18Ages
  • 1,866Pupils
  • All-throughPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 143379URN

125 St Paul's Way, London, E3 4FT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
5.0per place
2.7 above Tower Hamlets median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Tower Hamlets

995 applications for 200 places · 1st of 15 in Tower Hamlets
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
52.0of 90
5th of 17 in Tower Hamlets
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 29 September 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

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
5.0applications per place, Year 7
2.7 above Tower Hamlets median (2.3) 2.7 above England median (2.2)

995 applications · 200 places offered · 401 named it first

  1. 2026 5.0; Tower Hamlets median median 2.3
  2. 2025 5.3; Tower Hamlets median median 2.7
  3. 2024 5.6; Tower Hamlets median median 2.7
  4. 2023 5.3; Tower Hamlets median median 2.6
  5. 2022 5.8; Tower Hamlets median median 2.4
  6. 2021 5.8; Tower Hamlets median median 2.6
  7. 2020 6.1; Tower Hamlets median median 2.8
  8. 2019 6.3; Tower Hamlets median median 2.8
  9. 2018 5.8; Tower Hamlets median median 3.0
  10. 2017 5.6; Tower Hamlets median median 3.2
  11. 2016 5.1; Tower Hamlets median median 3.3; as the previous school
  12. 2015 5.2; Tower Hamlets median median 3.6; as the previous school
  13. 2014 5.0; Tower Hamlets median median 3.3; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Tower Hamlets median in 10 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Tower Hamlets median

Dashed bars: as St Paul's Way Trust School (URN 100970), the previous school.

Reception entry, September 2026: 2.2 per place (97 applications for 44 places).

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262009955.04012.01
Sep 20252111,1275.34632.19
Sep 20242051,1465.64682.28
Sep 20232221,1775.34772.15
Sep 20222181,2575.84622.12
Sep 20212211,2705.85152.33
Sep 20202151,3156.15182.41
Sep 20192231,3956.35552.49
Sep 20182211,2805.84862.20
Sep 20172311,2885.64461.93
Sep 2016 *2381,2075.13681.55
Sep 2015 *2281,1795.23611.58
Sep 2014 *2281,1295.03311.45

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

233 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)52.05th of 17 in Tower Hamlets
Grade 5 or above in English and maths61%4th of 17 in Tower Hamlets
Grade 4 or above in English and maths74%
  • This school
  • Tower Hamlets median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.54
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)23352.061%74%–
2024/2523651.856%77%–
2023/2423555.469%80%+0.54
2022/2323555.565%79%+0.50

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

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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
All-through
URN · DfE number
143379 · 211/4277
Trust
University Schools Trust, East London
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,620 pupils · 1,866 on roll
Free school meals
51.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 September 2016
Replaced
St Paul's Way Trust School (URN 100970)
Address
125 St Paul's Way, London, E3 4FT
Local authority
Tower Hamlets

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources