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Bow School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 44 43.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B B 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
43.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
39.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
9.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.39 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 43.2[6] 33.2%[6]
2023/24 43.4[4] 37.3%[4] -0.39[4]
2022/23 47.7[7] 50%[7] -0.12[7]
2021/22 51.6[8] 53%[8] +0.05[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
19% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C[10] 4.6%[10]
2022/23 D+[11] 4.8%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 17.9%[12]
2018/19 D+[13] 0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
58% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
7% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
29% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2021/22[15]
Employment
0% 2021/22[15]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[15] 62%[15] 7%[15] 21%[15] 2%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 93%[16] 44%[16] 9%[16] 36%[16] 0%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 92%[17] 51%[17] 13%[17] 27%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 92%[18] 43%[18] 12%[18] 35%[18] 0%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
82% 2022/23[19]
Education
82% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
6% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 89%[20] 76%[20] 76%[20] 4%[20] 9%[20]
2020/21 93%[21] 87%[21] 87%[21] 0%[21] 7%[21]
2019/20 94%[22] 91%[22] 91%[22] 0%[22] 3%[22]
2018/19 78%[23] 61%[23] 61%[23] 4%[23] 13%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
86% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
45% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
48% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
6% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 89%[26] 37%[26]
2019/20 97%[25] 48%[25] 48%[25] 6%[25]
2018/19 95%[27] 14%[27] 14%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 79%[28] 21%[28] 17%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
12 Sep 2023[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
17 Oct 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
14 Mar 2018[30] S5 Inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.2 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
265 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
72 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
122 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 299[31] 83[31] 231[31] 1.3[31] 0.4[31]
Entry Sept 2024 357[31] 97[31] 203[31] 1.8[31] 0.5[31]
Entry Sept 2023 366[31] 94[31] 284[31] 1.3[31] 0.3[31]
Entry Sept 2022 383[31] 81[31] 236[31] 1.6[31] 0.3[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1350[1]
Local authority
Tower Hamlets[1]
Website
http://www.bow-school.org.uk[1]
District
Tower Hamlets[32]
Postcode
E3 3QW[1]
URN
100965[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1173 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
67.7% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
15.4% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
3.3% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
57.5% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
10.2%[34]
Mixed
7.9%[34]
Asian
66.3%[34]
Black
10.9%[34]
Any other ethnic group
4.4%[34]
Unclassified
0.3%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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