St Paul's Way Trust School

General Info

Education Phase
All-through
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 29 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
4 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Unique reference
143379
Address
125 St Paul's Way, E3 4FT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1884 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
56.5%
Girls
43.5%
First language not English
56.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
48.2%
Persistent absence
13.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.1%
Pupil ethnicities
Bangladeshi 70.3%
African 7.1%
Mixed 6.7%
Other White 4.1%
White British 3.2%
Other Asian 2.3%
Other 1.9%
Other Black 1.4%
Pakistani 1%
Caribbean 0.6%
Chinese 0.6%
Indian 0.5%
Unclassified 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

Primary Results

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

ReadingAverage-0.8
WritingAverage1.5
MathsAverage-0.7
Year 2022-2023

Pupils meeting EXPECTED standard in reading, writing and maths

School 64%
Local authority average 68%
England average 62%

Pupils achieving at a HIGHER standard in reading, writing and maths

School 11%
Local authority average 12%
England average 8%

Average score in reading

School 104
Local authority average 107
England average 106

Average score in maths

School 103
Local authority average 107
England average 105
School: Year 2023-2024
Local authority average: Year 2024-2025
National average: Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award22
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE15
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE59
Business Studies:SingleGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE59
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE12
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE48
Design & TechnologyGCSE21
English LanguageGCSE235
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

St Paul's Way Trust School

Admission Policy
n/a
Total available places
49
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
46
2nd preference
47
3rd preference
15
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
46
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21
Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher28.5
Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher28.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Nursery Year 2, Part-time
26
20
6
Nursery Year 2, Full-time
10
3
7
Reception, Full-time
49
27
22
Year 1
60
32
28
Year 2
54
26
28
Year 3
56
28
28
Year 4
59
33
26
Year 5
55
31
24
Year 6
58
36
22
Year 7
239
136
103
Year 8
239
127
112
Year 9
240
132
108
Year 10
235
130
105
Year 11
238
148
90
Year 12
152
94
58
Year 13
114
61
53
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
92.3%
85.5%
Further education
15.0%
23.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
79.0%
65.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
2.0%
3.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
SP
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
SP
1.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
SP
2.1%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
77.0%
59.1%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
34.0%
10.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.0%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
9.0%
2.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022