Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School, London

Ofsted's report card from its 10 February 2026 inspection grades Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School on 7 areas: 5 exceptional and 2 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Exceptional. "Pupils learn the curriculum very successfully and achieve highly across a very wide range of subjects."

Attendance and behaviour - Exceptional. "Pupils' rates of attendance, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who face other barriers to their learning, are exceedingly high."

Inclusion - Exceptional. "This is a highly inclusive school, where decisions are consistently made with the needs of pupils in mind."

Leadership and governance - Exceptional. "Leaders have set a clear strategic direction and vision that is shared by all staff."

Personal development and wellbeing - Exceptional. "Pupils' personal development is a significant strength of Stepney All Saints."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have put in place a broad and ambitious curriculum."

Post 16 provision - Strong standard. "The sixth form offers a broad and ambitious range of subjects, including academic and vocational pathways."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue the school's focus on ensuring exceptionally high standards in teaching are sustained across all areas of the curriculum".

In 2026, pupils at Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 54, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.4 in Tower Hamlets and 47 across England.

63% 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 53.6.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.77: 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 51.1, against 56.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 5.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 234 families put Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School as their first choice and 870 named it as one of their preferences, for 188 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 74 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School are Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College (0.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.2); Bishop Challoner Catholic School (0.4 miles, Attainment 8 43.8); Mulberry School for Girls (0.7 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 57.2); and Morpeth School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.8).

Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

72 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School (as of April 2026): 82% would recommend the school, 76% say their child is happy there and 63% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that pupils behave well (85%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (63%).

Of the 205 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 92% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 13% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 172 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 68% went on to university or other higher education, 6% to apprenticeships and 7% into work. 25% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

47.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 84 pupils (5.8%) received SEN support and 103 (7.1%) 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.

Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School had 111 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Limehouse, about 490 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Dunstan's Church, 20 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary 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, Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School issued 25 suspensions, 1.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School are Marion Richardson Primary School (0.2 miles), Cayley Primary School (0.2 miles), Halley Primary School (0.3 miles) and Stepney Park Primary School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.