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St Paul's Way Trust School

All-through · London · E3 4FT

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 29 September 2022

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At a glance

1,866 pupils · 100% of 1,620 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
51% of pupils
English as additional language
56.5% of pupils
SEN support
7.1% of pupils
EHC plan
9% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.spwt.net
URN
143379

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.95 first-choice applications per place

44 places offered · 42 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

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

2.00 first-choice applications per place

200 places offered · 401 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2023 entry) lived within 1148 m (≈0.71 mi)

measured by shortest walking route.

Cutoff distance by entry year

20
22
23

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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority (source). Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Per-band cutoffs (2026 entry)

A
n/a
B
663 m (≈0.41 mi)
C
724 m (≈0.45 mi)
D
1158 m (≈0.72 mi)

Cutoff distances as published by the local authority (source). Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
66%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
England 105

GCSE results (2024/2025)

236 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
51.8
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
76.7%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
55.9%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.5
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) B-
37.4
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.7%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.5%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
14.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school · 13% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£11,600
Typical all-through school£7,730

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
98%
Continuing in education
96%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment

suppressed (small cohort)

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
77%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
14%
Any sustained destination
93%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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