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St Paul With St Luke CofE Primary Federation

Primary · London · E3 4LA

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Good (2016)

Last grade Ofsted published, no newer grade exists

Ofsted graded this school Good in 2016. Every inspection since has been ungraded, and an ungraded inspection cannot change a grade. The most recent found “Standards maintained”. Ofsted's current data file lists only graded inspections from September 2019 onwards, so this grade has dropped out of it, but it is still the school's grade of record, and still on Ofsted's own report page. It is old, so weigh it against the more recent evidence on this page.

Inspected 26 April 2016

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At a glance

180 pupils · 75% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
51.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
72.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
37.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
8.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.spsl.towerhamlets.sch.uk/
URN
100958

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 20 families named it first for 21 Reception places, 0.95 first choices per place. The last grade Ofsted published for it is Good, from 2016. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.95 first-choice applications per place

21 places offered · 20 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

23 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
57%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school57%
Median of its 12 closest peers61.5%
Tower Hamlets average71.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St Paul's Whitechapel Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayGood72%
Netley Primary SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayGood74%
Starks Field Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayGood37%
Windrush Thamesmead Primary SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayOutstanding57%
Robert Browning Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayExpected standard43%
St Mark's Primary SchoolMitcham · 10 miles awayOutstanding79%
Cherry Orchard Primary SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayGood (2019)80%
Downsell Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayGood66%
Limes Farm Junior SchoolChigwell · 8 miles awayGood57%
Hesters Way Primary SchoolCheltenham · 93 miles awayExpected standard57%
Edith Neville Primary SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayOutstanding75%
St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolGloucester · 98 miles awayGood47%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Bangladeshi 43% (Tower Hamlets 61%, England 2%) · Black African 18% (Tower Hamlets 6%, England 5%) · White British 13% (Tower Hamlets 8%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Tower Hamlets 6%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Tower Hamlets 3%, England 3%) · Any other White background 3% (Tower Hamlets 5%, England 7%) · Black Caribbean 3% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Tower Hamlets 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Tower Hamlets 0%, England 0%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
18.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.56 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Tower Hamlets: 1.05 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

84% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school · 6% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

71.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £65,022; 38.5% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£10,890
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £34,222; in-year balance -£49,092

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher51.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways21.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier33.8%62.3%
Social housing44.1%17.1%
Privately rented21.6%20.5%
Detached houses0.3%22.9%
Flats97.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms7%21.1%
Households with no car or van64.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004271 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£420,000985 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£350,000–£510,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Terraced (73)£780,000
Flat (909)£408,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
6an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
28an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
164an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
25an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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