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Stebon Primary School

Primary · London · E14 7AD

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Outstanding

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: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 18 July 2023

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At a glance

695 pupils · 102% of 682 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
43% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
85.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
23.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
7.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.stebon.org.uk
URN
144235

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 88 families named it first for 88 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2020 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 18 July 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. 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

1.00 first-choice applications per place

88 places offered · 88 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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2020 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2020 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
77%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
14%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school77%
Median of its 12 closest peers60.5%
Tower Hamlets average71.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Houndsfield Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayGood63%
Sheringham Primary SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayOutstanding63%
Girlington Primary SchoolBradford · 174 miles awayGood47%
The Orion Primary SchoolLondon · 11 miles awayOutstanding77%
Marner Primary SchoolLondon · under 1 mile awayGood69%
Eldon Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayGood64%
Greenhill AcademyOldham · 165 miles awayGood48%
Irk Valley Community SchoolManchester · 166 miles awayGood46%
Stanley Road Primary SchoolOldham · 165 miles awayGood53%
Bevois Town Primary SchoolSouthampton · 72 miles awayGood53%
Richmond AcademyOldham · 165 miles awayGood58%
Bigland Green Primary SchoolLondon · 1 miles awayOutstanding87%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Bangladeshi 76% (Tower Hamlets 61%, England 2%) · Black African 6% (Tower Hamlets 6%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Tower Hamlets 6%, England 3%) · Not recorded 3% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Tower Hamlets 3%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 5%) · Any other White background 1% (Tower Hamlets 5%, England 7%) · White British 1% (Tower Hamlets 8%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Tower Hamlets 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

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)
18.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.00 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
19.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 8% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

2.61% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

68.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.2 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 £55,568; 15% 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

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)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher51.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work41.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways21.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier31.8%62.3%
Social housing42.5%17.1%
Privately rented25.7%20.5%
Detached houses0%22.9%
Flats97.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms6.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van69.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01035677 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£423,500948 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£350,000–£513,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Terraced (73)£750,000
Flat (872)£410,000

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
9an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
29an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
177an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
28an 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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