Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm Academy
Primary schoolOld Ford Primary - A Paradigm Academy is a primary school in Tower Hamlets, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 660 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), November 2022
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 8 November 2022
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 65% of pupils at Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 69% in Tower Hamlets and 62% in England.
16% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Tower Hamlets | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 65% | 69% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 16% | 12% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 107 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Mulberry UTCSecondary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 28.6 (2025/26, provisional)360 m
- Olga Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)400 m
- Chisenhale Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2024. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)480 m
- Malmesbury Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2023. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)630 m
- Central Foundation Girls' SchoolSecondary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 53.0 (2025/26, provisional)700 m
- Phoenix Autism TrustSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file710 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Tower Hamlets
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).