St Paul's Way Trust School

Tower Hamlets · E3 4FT

General information All-through School · 4-18 years Who goes here 1866 pupils, 51% FSM

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St Paul's Way Trust School

General Information

Address: 125 St Paul's Way, London, E3 4FT – View on map
Phone: 02079871883
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Cath Smith
Age range: 4-18 years
Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026): 401 families put it first for 200 places – 20 for every 10 places. 48% of them were offered a place. 2 of the 200 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 21 · 2024 23 · 2025 22 · 2026 20
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 42 families put it first for 44 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
Sixth form: Yes
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: None
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

1866 pupils out of 1620 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 810
% eligible for free school meals: 51.0%
Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (similar to the Tower Hamlets average)
English as an additional language: 59% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 18.9% a year (Tower Hamlets 18.1%, typical in England 15.5%)
Where they went: about 38% moved to another school, 62% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

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Across Tower Hamlets: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 9 (0.5 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 22 (1.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 5 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state secondary schools in Tower Hamlets, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 5.4%
Persistently absent pupils: 11.0%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

Resourced provision for Hearing impairment 22 places · 19 pupils at the last count

Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.

Pupils on SEN Support: 7.7%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 9.8%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 55 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 48 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 17 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 9 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 6 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 55 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 52 pupils
Hearing impairment: 24 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 23 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 7 pupils

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2022 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

SecondaryGCSE results, Year 11

Attainment 8 score: 51.8
Compared with the area: 3.6 points above the Tower Hamlets average (48.2)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (+14.9 points against an expected 36.9)
Grade 4+ in English and maths: 77% (Tower Hamlets 69%, England 65%) Broadly steady
Data year: 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

GCSE results over time

This schoolTower Hamlets averageEngland↘ Falling Down 3.7 points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 3.6 points above the Tower Hamlets average (48.2).

About the Attainment 8 score

Attainment 8 measures a pupil's average result across 8 GCSE-equivalent qualifications (English and maths count double). It shows how pupils performed, not how much progress they made getting there - a school with a higher score doesn't necessarily add more value, since pupils often arrive with different starting points. Progress 8 is the measure designed to account for that, but it currently can't be calculated for any school for the two most recent academic years, due to a nationwide gap in the data caused by COVID-19 disruption to Key Stage 2 testing.

7th of 17 all-through schools in Tower Hamlets for Attainment 8

#5Canary Wharf College Crossharbour52.9
#6Oaklands School52.4
#7St Paul's Way Trust School51.8
#8Morpeth School49.2
#9George Green's School49.0

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Attainment 8 ranking

Illustrative MVP scores - not based on verified data yet.

Rank School Score

#1Swanlea School56.9
#2Mulberry School for Girls55.2
#3Central Foundation Girls' School54.3
#4Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School53.6
#5Canary Wharf College Crossharbour52.9
#6Oaklands School52.4
#7St Paul's Way Trust School51.8
#8Morpeth School49.2
#9George Green's School49.0
#10London Enterprise Academy48.0
#11Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College47.5
#12Wapping High School46.9
#13Mulberry Academy Shoreditch45.0
#14Bishop Challoner Catholic School44.6
#15Langdon Park Community School43.5
#16Bow School43.2
#17Mulberry UTC30.3

Leaver Destinations

In education, employment, or training a year later: 98.0%
Went into further education: 96.0%
Data year: 2024/25

About leaver destinations

This shows where a school's Year 11 leavers were recorded the following year - in a "sustained" destination means in education, an apprenticeship, or employment for at least 6 months, not just enrolled briefly. It's a different picture from exam results alone, and can highlight schools that support pupils well beyond just their GCSE grades.

GCSE Subjects Offered

Maths (General)
English Language
English Literature
Religious Studies
Science Double Award
Geography
History
Biology
Chemistry (General)
Physics (General)
Business Studies
French Language
Computer Science
Spanish
Photography
Sports Studies
D & T
Food Technology
Art & Design
Latin
Community Development
Music Studies (General)
Speech & Drama
Bengali
Japanese Language

About this subject list

This isn't the school's own description of its curriculum - it's real DfE exam entry data, showing which GCSE subjects this school's pupils were actually entered for in 2024/25. A subject not appearing here may still be taught but had no pupils entered that year, so treat this as a helpful guide rather than a complete guarantee - it's worth confirming directly with the school for the year your child would actually study.

PrimaryYear 6 SATs results

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 66% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 9% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 3 percentage points below the Tower Hamlets average (69%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 65% against an expected 62%)
3-year average (expected standard): 65%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 72% · Writing 79% · Maths 79% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 79%
Average test scores: reading 106, maths 106
Based on: 58 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolTower Hamlets averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 3 percentage points below the Tower Hamlets average (69%).

Year 6 SATs: 42nd of 61 junior and primary schools in the area

#40Halley Primary School68%
#41Malmesbury Primary School67%
#42St Paul's Way Trust School66%
=43Bonner Primary School65%
=43Cyril Jackson Primary School65%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Bigland Green Primary School87%
#2Canary Wharf College, Glenworth85%
=3St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary School83%
=3Stewart Headlam Primary School83%
=3William Davis Primary School83%
#6Columbia Primary School81%
=7Globe Primary School80%
=7Mayflower Primary School80%
=7The Clara Grant Primary School80%
=10Bygrove Primary School79%
=10Canary Wharf College, East Ferry79%
=10Hague Primary School79%
=13Osmani Primary School78%
=13Solebay Primary - A Paradigm Academy78%
=15Bangabandhu Primary School77%
=15Hermitage Primary School77%
=15Manorfield Primary School77%
=15Stebon Primary School77%
=15Stepney Park Primary School77%
=20Blue Gate Fields Junior School76%
=20St Mary and St Michael Primary School76%
#22Old Palace Primary School75%
=23Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy74%
=23Sir William Burrough Primary School74%
#25St Agnes RC Primary School73%
=26Ben Jonson Primary School72%
=26John Scurr Primary School72%
=26Mowlem Primary School72%
=26St Paul's Whitechapel Church of England Primary School72%
=30Christ Church CofE School71%
=30Lansbury Lawrence Primary School71%
=30Thomas Buxton Primary School71%
=30Wellington Primary School71%
=30Woolmore Primary School71%
=35Cayley Primary School70%
=35Kobi Nazrul Primary School70%
=35Lawdale Junior School70%
=38Marner Primary School69%
=38St Edmund's Catholic School69%
#40Halley Primary School68%
#41Malmesbury Primary School67%
#42St Paul's Way Trust School66%
=43Bonner Primary School65%
=43Cyril Jackson Primary School65%
=43Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm Academy65%
=46Marion Richardson Primary School64%
=46St John's Church of England Primary School64%
=46St Luke's Church of England Primary School64%
=46St Saviour's Church of England Primary School64%
=50Cubitt Town Primary School63%
=50English Martyrs Roman Catholic Primary School63%
=50Harbinger Primary School63%
=53Olga Primary School62%
=53Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School62%
=55Chisenhale Primary School61%
=55Stepney Greencoat Church of England Primary School61%
=57Arnhem Wharf Primary School60%
=57Harry Gosling Primary School60%
#59Mulberry Canon Barnett Primary Academy59%
#60St Paul With St Luke CofE Primary Federation57%
#61Seven Mills Primary School55%

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8th of 10 all-through schools in Tower Hamlets for Ofsted rating

#6Morpeth SchoolGood
#7Mulberry Academy ShoreditchGood
#8St Paul's Way Trust SchoolGood
#9Wapping High SchoolGood
#10Canary Wharf College CrossharbourRequires improvement

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Mulberry School for GirlsOutstanding
#2Swanlea SchoolOutstanding
#3Bishop Challoner Catholic SchoolGood
#4Bow SchoolGood
#5George Green's SchoolGood
#6Morpeth SchoolGood
#7Mulberry Academy ShoreditchGood
#8St Paul's Way Trust SchoolGood
#9Wapping High SchoolGood
#10Canary Wharf College CrossharbourRequires improvement

Financials

Spending per pupil: £11,600 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

7th of 18 all-through schools in Tower Hamlets for spending per pupil

#5Bow School£11,950
#6Canary Wharf College Crossharbour£11,868
#7St Paul's Way Trust School£11,600
#8Oaklands School£11,574
#9George Green's School£11,448

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Mulberry Academy London Dock£15,669
#2Wapping High School£15,514
#3London Enterprise Academy£13,306
#4Bishop Challoner Catholic School£12,112
#5Bow School£11,950
#6Canary Wharf College Crossharbour£11,868
#7St Paul's Way Trust School£11,600
#8Oaklands School£11,574
#9George Green's School£11,448
#10Langdon Park Community School£11,420
#11Morpeth School£11,011
#12Central Foundation Girls' School£10,662
#13Swanlea School£10,606
#14Mulberry Academy Shoreditch£10,378
#15Mulberry School for Girls£10,259
#16Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School£10,036
#17Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College£9,936
#18Mulberry UTC£8,171

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General Information

Who goes here

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Behaviour

Across Tower Hamlets: suspensions by reason

Attendance

SEN

Most common needs - SEN Support

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Educational Attainment

Attainment 8 ranking

Leaver Destinations ?

GCSE Subjects Offered ?

Year 6 SATs ranking

Ofsted Rating ranking

Financials

Spending Per Pupil ranking

Leaver Destinations

GCSE Subjects Offered