Community school · Primary
London · E3 5DN · Tower Hamlets
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 140096
Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm Academy
Academy converter · London · E3 5LD
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
660
Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in London, Tower Hamlets, 660 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 52.8%.
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 140096
Location
- Address
- Wrights Road, Bow
- Postcode
- E3 5LD
- Town
- London
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- District
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Stratford and Bow
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 660
- Boys / girls
- 326 / 334
- School capacity
- 630
- Capacity fill
- 660 / 630 (105%)
- Free school meals
- 52.8%
- FSM pupils
- 294
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: PARADIGM TRUST
- Academy trust
- PARADIGM TRUST
- Sponsor
- Paradigm Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Kevin Jones
- Telephone
- 02089801503
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2022-11-08
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 69%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 23%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 110.0