St Paul's Way Trust School
About the school
St Paul's Way Trust School is an open all-through school in Tower Hamlets.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 29 September 2022
- Published
- 13 November 2022
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Good
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Outstanding
Sixth form
Outstanding
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 51.8
- Tower Hamlets
- 47.4
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Tower Hamlets
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 55.90%
- Tower Hamlets
- 47.50%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 76.70%
- Tower Hamlets
- 67.30%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 38.60%
- Tower Hamlets
- 53.70%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 4.45
- Tower Hamlets
- 4.27
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- B-
Average A-level points
- School
- 37.35
AAB or better
- School
- 11.70%
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 66%
- Tower Hamlets
- 69%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 9%
- Tower Hamlets
- 12%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 72%
- Tower Hamlets
- 80%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 79%
- Tower Hamlets
- 77%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 79%
- Tower Hamlets
- 81%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 79%
- Tower Hamlets
- 79%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 29%
- Tower Hamlets
- 37%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 78%
- Tower Hamlets
- 84%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 106
- Tower Hamlets
- 107
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 106
- Tower Hamlets
- 107
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 107
- Tower Hamlets
- 107
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1884
Girls
43.52%
Boys
56.48%
SEN support
7.11%
Education, health and care plan
8.97%
English as an additional language
56.50%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
54.80%
Overall absence
5.36
Persistent absence
11.01
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
235
Sustained education or employment
98%
Education
96%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
Less than 0.5%
Not sustained
2%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
101
Sustained education or employment
93%
Higher education
77%
Further education
0%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
14%