Bow School
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Tower Hamlets
44 Twelvetrees Crescent, London, E3 3QW
62
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
93.1%
18.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,126
Capacity used
Has space83%
1,350 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
83 of 83 families who put it first got an offer
231
Places offered
299
Total applications
1.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 83 | 83 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 87 | 36 | ● 41% |
| 3rd preference | 58 | 6 | ● 10% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 71 | 2 | ● 3% |
| Total | 299 | 127 | 42% |
1st preference success by year
Tower Hamlets lets families list 6 preferences. 9 applications came from outside the council area (4 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Danny Lye
- Address
- 44 Twelvetrees Crescent, Bow, London, E3 3QW
- Phone
- 02075365525
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Ward / constituency
- Bromley South · Poplar and Limehouse
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 100965
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 48% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 69% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,126 pupils · 1,350 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
13 September 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,104 pupils
Attendance
93.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
18.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.7%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.2%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 43.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.39 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 37% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 52% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.77 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 31.05 | — | — |
Average grade: C (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 43.2 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 33.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 60.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 38.2% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.79 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 220 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 39.11 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 19% | 17% |
| A-level students | 42 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 219 | 9% | 39% | 65% | |
| English Language | 219 | 7% | 43% | 62% | |
| Religious Studies | 219 | 11% | 40% | 53% | |
| English Literature | 218 | 9% | 52% | 72% | |
| Combined Science | 173 | 1% | 21% | 49% | |
| History | 98 | 12% | 45% | 58% | |
| Computer Science | 84 | 7% | 32% | 51% | |
| Business | 59 | 2% | 25% | 36% | |
| Spanish | 55 | 29% | 62% | 84% | |
| Economics | 54 | 9% | 37% | 54% | |
| Geography | 47 | 6% | 36% | 45% | |
| Biology | 46 | 46% | 96% | 98% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 34 | 18% | 38% | 59% | |
| Economics | 18 | 28% | 61% | 83% | |
| Chemistry | 17 | 6% | 29% | 53% | |
| Physics | 13 | 8% | 38% | 46% | |
| Computer Science | 11 | 0% | 18% | 64% | |
| Government and Politics | 10 | 0% | 40% | 80% | |
| Psychology | 8 | 0% | 0% | 50% | |
| Biology | 7 | 14% | 29% | 57% | |
| English Literature | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Ancient History | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Fine Art | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 19421: Bow School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 76% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 4% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 76% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Tower Hamlets council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.