Solebay Primary - A Paradigm Academy: admissions history
How many families applied, how many places there were, and how far the last place went - every year we hold.
For September 2026 entry, 10 families put Solebay Primary - A Paradigm Academy as their first choice and 30 named it as one of their preferences, for 11 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places, so in 2026 a family who put it first could expect an offer unless the school's other criteria ruled them out.
First-choice demand has fallen from 21 in 2021 to 10 in 2026, while places went from 23 to 11.
Across Tower Hamlets, 93% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2025, families in Tower Hamlets lodged 54 appeals against primary school offers; 49 reached a hearing and 1 succeeded (2% of those heard).
Applications and offers by year
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 10 | 47 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2024 | 13 | 10 | 52 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 47 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | 38 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 23 | 21 | 61 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2020 | 34 | 13 | 51 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 17 | 16 | 46 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2018 | 21 | 17 | 71 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2017 | 30 | 22 | 89 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2016 | 29 | 26 | 77 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2015 | 18 | 14 | 47 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2014 | 39 | 23 | 100 | 0.6 | 0 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.