Bowden House School
Community special school · Ages 5–18 · Seaford, Tower Hamlets
Bowden House School is a special school in Seaford, Tower Hamlets for ages 5–18. Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 7 November 2023.
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Key facts
- Address
- Firle Road, Seaford, BN25 2JB
- Type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 5–18
- Council
- Tower Hamlets
- Pupils on roll
- 39 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 66.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 1.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 7 November 2023
Strengths
- “Staff establish strong and caring relationships with their pupils, who are happy, secure and feel respected as a result.”
- “They get to know pupils very well and make sure that they feel well supported and comfortable.”
- “The school’s family atmosphere makes a significant contribution to pupils’ growing selfesteem and to their sense of belonging.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, pupils find school hard.”
- “The school’s effective approach to teaching reading ensures that pupils make strong progress in this subject, although leaders rightly recognise the need to develop a more consistent and cohesive reading programme so that pupils at an early stage of reading do even better.”
- “However, their roles in challenging school leaders and holding them to account for the quality of education are at an early stage of development.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 January 2024 (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) | 0% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 11.1 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Straight-line distance, in Tower Hamlets.
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