Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School

Voluntary aided school·Secondary school London, Tower Hamlets·E1 0RH
Composite score
67.0
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#568
National rank
#174
In London
#4
In Tower Hamlets
Top 18%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
53.6
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
60%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
79%
% EBacc grade 5+
39%
EBacc average points score
5.01

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 10/02/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Exceptional
Leadership and governance
Exceptional
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Exceptional
Personal development and wellbeing
Exceptional
Inclusion
Exceptional
Safeguarding standards
Met
Post-16 provision
Strong standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
68%
234 first choices, 188 places
First choices per place
1.25
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
870
any preference, for 188 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.23
00.511.52
1 per place
1.2520221.5220231.2620241.4820251.252026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School yet. Tower Hamlets does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,373
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
52.3%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
27.5%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
6.0%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
6.5%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
6.3%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
12.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£10,036
Typical secondary: £7,815

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

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
96%
194 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
96%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School at a glance

Located in London, Tower Hamlets, Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 1,373 pupils aged 11 to 18. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 53.6 — above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 4.5 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 18% of secondary schools in England.

60% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 79% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 234 first choices for 188 places. After Year 11, 96% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 3.8%. There are about 12.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 52% 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. Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School 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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