Primary school

Solebay Primary - A Paradigm Academy

  • Free School
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Tower Hamlets
  • E1 4PW

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,442 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 17%

Top % in England, by year
2016/17: top 52%52%2017/18: top 60%2018/19: top 63%2022/23: top 23%2023/24: top 17%17% · 2023/242024/25: top 17%No exams

Against London

Expected standard, RWM78% · London 72%Small cohort: 23 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM9% · London 12%Small cohort: 23 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score107 · London 107Small cohort: 23 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score106 · London 107Small cohort: 23 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2016/17: 63% · 16 pupils · London 69%2017/18: 63% · 41 pupils · London 72%2018/19: 62% · 58 pupils · London 73%2022/23: 72% · 50 pupils · London 68%2023/24: 76% · 21 pupils · London 70%2024/25: 78% · 23 pupils · London 72%78%62%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2016/17: 6% · 16 pupils · London 10%2017/18: 10% · 41 pupils · London 12%2018/19: 17% · 58 pupils · London 13%2022/23: 22% · 50 pupils · London 11%2023/24: 19% · 21 pupils · London 11%2024/25: 9% · 23 pupils · London 12%22%6%No exams
Reading score
2016/17: 102 · 16 pupils · London 1052017/18: 102 · 41 pupils · London 1062018/19: 104 · 58 pupils · London 1062022/23: 106 · 50 pupils · London 1062023/24: 108 · 21 pupils · London 1072024/25: 107 · 23 pupils · London 107108102No exams
Maths score
2016/17: 104 · 16 pupils · London 1062017/18: 104 · 41 pupils · London 1062018/19: 105 · 58 pupils · London 1072022/23: 108 · 50 pupils · London 1062023/24: 109 · 21 pupils · London 1062024/25: 106 · 23 pupils · London 107109104No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
10 of 10 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st1010
2nd130
3rd50

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2014–2023

  1. 2014Requires improvement
  2. 2016Good
  3. 2019Remains Good
  4. 2023Outstanding

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Read what Ofsted said (3)

From Ofsted report, inspected May 2023

Strengths

  • “Leaders have created an inclusive, nurturing school.”
  • “In the early years, children adore listening to stories which celebrate diversity.”
  • “For example, children in the Nursery were absorbed in a story about a bear who used hearing aids.”

Ofsted inspection report extracts, Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026170
Free school meals (past 6 years)43.7%
First language not English25.0%
SEN support7.5%
EHC plan5.8%
Absence (sessions missed)6.5%
Persistently absent pupils20.7%

Girls 42.5%Boys 57.5%

48.6% full · 350 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher20.7
Pupils per adult12.0
  • Classroom teachers 6.6
  • Leadership 1.6
  • Teaching assistants 5.6
  • Other support 2.9

Teachers 8.2 FTE · Whole workforce 16.7 · 27 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£10,314
Spend per pupil£9,553
Staff spend per pupil£5,441
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£143,000in-year balance

Grants £9,904 · self-generated £133 · premises £957 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: PARADIGM TRUST (7 academies) · trust reserve £2,888,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it