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Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Wrights Road, Bow, London E3 5LD · oldfordacademy.paradigmtrust.org · 020 8980 1503
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 65%
- 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
- 660
- 30 over 630 places · 105%
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 52.8%
- First language not English
- 38.9%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Paradigm Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 76 families put the school first and 83 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 | 83 | 76 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 72 | 65 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 65 | 60 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 80 | 75 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 81 | 76 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 65% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 16% 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 | |||
| ▲65% | 62% | ||
| ▲16% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm Academy was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 8 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 8 Nov 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jun 2008
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (19 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 19
- 3% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 58% who raised concerns
based on the 16% who had a child bullied