Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy

Academy converter·Primary school London, Tower Hamlets·E14 0PT
Composite score
71.4
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#1,589
National rank
#429
In London
#11
In Tower Hamlets
Top 11%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
74%
% achieving higher RWM
20%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
52 first choices, 57 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
81
any preference, for 57 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy 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
626
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
41.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
35.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
5.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
8.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
22.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,469
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy at a glance

Located in London, Tower Hamlets, Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 626 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 6.0 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 among the top 11% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 20% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 52 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. 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. Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy 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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