Bow School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 13 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Unique reference
100965
Address
44 Twelvetrees Crescent, Bow, E3 3QW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1264 (86% of total capacity)
Boys
65.0%
Girls
35.0%
First language not English
73.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
32.2%
Persistent absence
23.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.8%
Pupil ethnicities
Bangladeshi 64.2%
African 9.3%
White British 6.7%
Mixed 6.7%
Other White 5%
Other 1.9%
Pakistani 1.6%
Other Black 1.4%
Indian 1.2%
Caribbean 1%
Other Asian 0.6%
Irish 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.12
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 35%
Local authority average 59%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 50%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.7
Local authority average 48.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.15
Local authority average 4.31
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award16
Sports StudiesTechnical Award19
Ancient HistoryGCSE27
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE44
BengaliGCSE8
BiologyGCSE47
Business Studies:SingleGCSE52
ChemistryGCSE47
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE46
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Bow School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
284
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
94
2nd preference
98
3rd preference
70
From another Local Authority
10
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
94
2nd preference
47
3rd preference
21
To another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes27.3
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
218
129
89
Year 8
201
129
72
Year 9
236
157
79
Year 10
238
154
84
Year 11
227
149
78
Year 12
111
80
31
Year 13
33
24
9
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
92.7%
86.5%
Further education
36.0%
21.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
44.0%
66.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
9.0%
3.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
97.0%
66.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
48.0%
16.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
48.0%
15.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
6.0%
0.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
0.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020
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