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Stepney Park Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Smithy Street, Stepney, London E1 3BW · stepneypark.towerhamlets.sch.uk · 020 7884 5225
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 77%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Tower Hamlets 69%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 689
- 96% of 720 places
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 48.2%
- First language not English
- 75.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 77 families put the school first and 82 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 82 | 77 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 79 | 70 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 90 | 87 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 77 | 74 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 73 | 67 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 77% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% the higher standard. Across Tower Hamlets it was 69%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲77% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Stepney Park Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 16 May 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 16 May 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Sept 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Jun 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
61% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (44 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 61%
- Replies
- 44
- 5% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 52% who had a child bullied