Stepney Park Primary School

Community school·Primary school London, Tower Hamlets·E1 3BW
Composite score
61.7
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National rank
#774
In London
#26
In Tower Hamlets
Top 24%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
77%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
77 first choices, 82 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
109
any preference, for 82 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9220220.9620230.9720240.8920250.942026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Stepney Park Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
738
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
41.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
75.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,400
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Stepney Park Primary School at a glance

Located in London, Tower Hamlets, Stepney Park Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 738 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 77% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 4.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 24% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Stepney Park Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 82 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 18.1 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 41% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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