Bow School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C55
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- London, E3 3QW
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Harris Science Academy East London
Three Mill Lane, London, E3 3DU
Local ranking10th of 20 secondary schools in Newham
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1000
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 29 April 2025. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from East London Science School (URN 139834) since 31 August 2022. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 29 April 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 59.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 71.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 84.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 77
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 76.0%
- Higher education
- 54.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 17.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
28.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
27.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
21
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 9.5% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 97
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 441
- Boys
- 301 (59%)
- Girls
- 212 (41%)
- Capacity
- 1000 (51% full)
- SEND
- 10.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 53.2%
- EAL
- 40.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.6%
- SEN Support
- 8.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 13.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 34.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £13,336/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Black African: 20.4%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 13.7%
- White Other: 12.4%
- White British: 11.9%
- Asian Other: 8.7%
- Mixed Other: 6.2%
- Asian Indian: 6.2%
- Asian Pakistani: 5.5%
20.4%
Black African
13.7%
Asian Bangladeshi
12.4%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Three Mill Lane
London, London
Administrative
- URN
- 149431
- UKPRN
- 10091327
- Establishment No.
- 4017
- Trust
- HARRIS FEDERATION
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