St Paul With St Luke CofE Primary Federation

Voluntary aided school·Primary school London, Tower Hamlets·E3 4LA
Composite score
47.6
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#8,160
National rank
#1332
In London
#58
In Tower Hamlets
Top 55%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
57%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
20 first choices, 21 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
38
any preference, for 21 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6820220.8920230.9320240.9620250.952026

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

Every child who put St Paul With St Luke CofE Primary Federation 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
180
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
55.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
72.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
37.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
8.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
24.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£10,543
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Paul With St Luke CofE Primary Federation

St Paul With St Luke CofE Primary Federation is a primary school in London, Tower Hamlets, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 180 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 12.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Paul With St Luke CofE Primary Federation was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 20 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.4%. There are about 17.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 56% 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. St Paul With St Luke CofE Primary Federation does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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