St Paul's Way Trust School, London

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to St Paul’s Way, an exceptional school community providing a transformational education for all. At St Paul’s Way our children and young people receive a rigorous and exciting education within an inspirational set of buildings, are supported and inspired by a highly qualified staff team, a rich and broad curriculum and a strong emphasis on character development."

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 3 December 2026 at 3.50pm. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at St Paul's Way Trust School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 52, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.4 in Tower Hamlets and 47 across England.

61% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Tower Hamlets and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 51.8.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.54: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 49.3, against 56.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 7.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 27 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 401 families put St Paul's Way Trust School as their first choice and 995 named it as one of their preferences, for 200 places offered. That is 2 first choices for every place. 210 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Paul's Way Trust School are Langdon Park Community School (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.6); Central Foundation Girls' School (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 53); Bow School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.8); and Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.2).

St Paul's Way Trust School's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

St Paul's Way Trust School is one of 7 schools run by University Schools Trust, East London, an academy trust.

Of the 235 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 94% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 16% to a further education college.

Of the 124 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 80% went on to university or other higher education, 1% to apprenticeships and 7% into work. 43% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

50.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 59.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (74%), Black (9%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 144 pupils (7.7%) received SEN support and 182 (9.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

St Paul's Way Trust School has a resourced provision for hearing impairment: 22 places, 19 pupils on roll.

St Paul's Way Trust School had 137 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest DLR station is Devons Road DLR Station, about 650 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Paul's Way Trust School, 50 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Paul's Way Trust School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, St Paul's Way Trust School issued 115 suspensions, 6.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to St Paul's Way Trust School are Stebon Primary School (0.1 miles), St Paul With St Luke CofE Primary Federation (0.2 miles), The Clara Grant Primary School (0.3 miles) and St Saviour's Church of England Primary School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.