Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy
Dee Street, Poplar, London, E14 0PT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- PARADIGM TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Tahreena Ward
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Paradigm Trust
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 623
- URN
- 140064
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02073641010
About this school
Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy is a primary academy in London. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 623 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 84 | 78 | 81 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 71% | 68% | 74% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 21% | 17% | 20% |
| Expected standard in reading | 80% | 78% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 89% | 81% | 84% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 86% | 73% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 107.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 109.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Tower Hamlets average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 71% | 67.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 68% | 68.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 74% | 68.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 684 |
| 2023/24 | 650 |
| 2024/25 | 626 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy compares
Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy ranked 23rd of 61 primary schools in Tower Hamlets for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 76% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 74% | 6.3% | 41.5% | 623 | — |
| Woolmore Primary School | 71% | 6.5% | 52.7% | 652 | 0.2 miles |
| Manorfield Primary School | 77% | 6.9% | 52.5% | 652 | 0.4 miles |
| Lansbury Lawrence Primary School | 71% | 6.3% | 53.2% | 451 | 0.4 miles |
| St Saviour's Church of England Primary School | 64% | 7.9% | 45.9% | 198 | 0.5 miles |
| Bygrove Primary School | 79% | 4% | 49.5% | 247 | 0.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.45%
- English as an additional language
- 35.5%
- Overall absence
- 6.29%
- Persistent absence
- 20.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Woolmore Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · London
-
Manorfield Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · London
-
Lansbury Lawrence Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · London
-
St Saviour's Church of England Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
-
Bygrove Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
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Common questions
- What year groups does Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy teach?
- Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the principal of Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy?
- The principal of Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy is Mrs Tahreena Ward, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy?
- Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy has 623 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy full?
- Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy has capacity for 630 pupils and 623 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy a faith school?
- No. Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy?
- Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy is part of PARADIGM TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy have?
- The schools register lists Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy's special educational needs provision as: HI - Hearing Impairment. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 71% in 2022/23 and 74% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy rank locally?
- Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy ranked 23rd of 61 primary schools in Tower Hamlets for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 76% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy's absence rate?
- Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy's overall absence rate is 6.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.