Bow School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · London, Tower Hamlets
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From London Borough of Tower Hamlets · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2014–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Bow School is a secondary school in London, Tower Hamlets for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 September 2023. Tower Hamlets has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2014 to 2026 entry.
Bow School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2014 | 2.67 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 there were 72 first-choice applications for 122 offers, giving 0.6 first choices per offer, the lowest of 15 Tower Hamlets secondary schools.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, every first-choice family was offered a place, and 50 offers went to families who ranked the school second or lower.
- Every applicant for Year 7 in 2026 was offered a place, as was the case at 8 of the 14 other Tower Hamlets secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths grade 5 or above: 33% of pupils (England 45%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Tower Hamlets.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Tower Hamlets schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- 44 Twelvetrees Crescent, Bow, London, E3 3QW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Tower Hamlets
- Pupils on roll
- 1,126 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this ambitious, forward-looking school, where they become ‘worldready’ and ‘career-ready’.”
- “Pupils embrace leaders’ high aspirations.”
- “All pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), achieve very well.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, teachers miss opportunities to allow pupils to practise speaking in order to develop their confidence and competence.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 October 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 33% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 72 first-preference applications, 122 offers in total, 72 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Tower Hamlets.
- Langdon Park Community School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Central Foundation Girls' School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mulberry UTC 1.1 mi Not judged
- Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Morpeth School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Bishop Challoner Catholic School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Canary Wharf College Crossharbour 2.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published