Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Tower Hamlets
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 6 January 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 1 December 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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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 entry584 applications · 185 places offered · 116 named it first
- 2026 3.2; Tower Hamlets median median 2.3
- 2025 3.7; Tower Hamlets median median 2.7
- 2024 3.5; Tower Hamlets median median 2.7
- 2023 3.7; Tower Hamlets median median 2.6
- 2022 3.5; Tower Hamlets median median 2.4
- 2021 2.9; Tower Hamlets median median 2.6
- 2020 3.2; Tower Hamlets median median 2.8
- 2019 2.8; Tower Hamlets median median 2.8
- 2018 3.2; Tower Hamlets median median 3.0; as the previous school
- 2017 3.1; Tower Hamlets median median 3.2; as the previous school
- 2016 3.4; Tower Hamlets median median 3.3; as the previous school
- 2015 3.2; Tower Hamlets median median 3.6; as the previous school
- 2014 3.8; Tower Hamlets median median 3.3; as the previous school
- This school
- Tower Hamlets median
Dashed bars: as Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College (URN 100969), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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 | 185 | 584 | 3.2 | 116 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2025 | 181 | 668 | 3.7 | 123 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2024 | 185 | 645 | 3.5 | 108 | 0.58 |
| Sep 2023 | 180 | 668 | 3.7 | 124 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2022 | 186 | 657 | 3.5 | 146 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2021 | 186 | 533 | 2.9 | 85 | 0.46 |
| Sep 2020 | 186 | 594 | 3.2 | 104 | 0.56 |
| Sep 2019 | 189 | 532 | 2.8 | 109 | 0.58 |
| Sep 2018 * | 177 | 571 | 3.2 | 149 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2017 * | 177 | 544 | 3.1 | 136 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2016 * | 180 | 610 | 3.4 | 149 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2015 * | 178 | 560 | 3.2 | 129 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2014 * | 175 | 660 | 3.8 | 159 | 0.91 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 186 | 50.2 | 56% | 75% | – |
| 2024/25 | 184 | 47.5 | 49% | 68% | – |
| 2023/24 | 187 | 50.1 | 53% | 74% | +0.13 |
| 2022/23 | 187 | 52.8 | 60% | 79% | +0.23 |
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
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing CollegeThis schoolThis school20263.2applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
- 0.2 km · Tower Hamlets20264.6applications per place 54.0Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · Tower HamletsGood20212.0applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · Tower HamletsGood20232.2applications per place 47.8Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · Tower HamletsOutstanding20244.5applications per place 58.7Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · Tower HamletsGood20225.0applications per place 52.0Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · Tower HamletsOutstanding20242.3applications per place 57.2Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · Tower HamletsGood202346.9Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · Tower Hamlets20262.1applications per place 53.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 144700 · 211/4276
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,215 pupils · 1,364 on roll
- Free school meals
- 38.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2018
- Replaced
- Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College (URN 100969)
- Address
- Ben Jonson Road, Stepney, London, E1 4SD
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources