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Bowden House School

URN
100986
Phase
Not applicable
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Bowden House School
URN
100986
Phase
Not applicable
Gender
Boys
Age range
5-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

40 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

12

Inspection

55

Admissions Value

—

Destinations

55

Stability & Context

90

School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Competition not available
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Very Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
14 January 2024
Inspection date
7 November 2023
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Good

    Graded 14 January 2024

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

Admissions information is not currently available for this school.

Where to apply

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Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Tower Hamlets)
School website
https://bowdenhouse.school

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Tower Hamlets to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

Not published

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

Not published

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

Not published

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

Not published

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

BN25 2JB - Firle Road, Seaford, East Sussex

Contact details

Address
Firle Road, Seaford, East Sussex
Postcode
BN25 2JB
Phone
1323893138
Website
https://bowdenhouse.school
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Tower Hamlets
Local authority code
211

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 187 schools in Tower Hamlets.

Authority statistics

Total schools

187

Open schools

115

Closed schools

72

Primary schools

100

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    14 January 20247 November 2023-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 14 January 2024
    • School remains Good

      Published
      14 January 2024
      Inspected
      7 November 2023
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Key stage 4 (secondary)

    Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

    Attainment 8

    Attainment 8

    11.1

    Progress 8

    Progress 8

    Not published

    English and maths grade 5 or above

    English & maths 5+

    0.0%

    English and maths grade 4 or above

    English & maths 4+

    10.0%

    EBacc entry

    EBacc entry

    0.0%

    EBacc achievement

    EBacc achievement

    0.0%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    90.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    0.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    0.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    0.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    26

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary100 (55.6%)
    • Secondary26 (14.4%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other54 (30.0%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Seaford Primary School329 mPrimaryOpen
    Bo Peeps Independent School548 mNot applicableClosed
    St. John's School (Seaford)566 mNot applicableClosed
    Pilgrims School574 mNot applicableClosed
    Cradle Hill Community Primary School762 mPrimaryOpen
    Chalvington School883 mNot applicableClosed
    Owlets Montessori School922 mNot applicableClosed
    Newlands Manor School1.1 kmNot applicableClosed
    Annecy Catholic Primary School1.3 kmPrimaryClosed
    Annecy Catholic Primary School1.3 kmPrimaryOpen
    • Seaford Primary School
      Distance
      329 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Bo Peeps Independent School
      Distance
      548 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed
    • St. John's School (Seaford)
      Distance
      566 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed
    • Pilgrims School
      Distance
      574 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Not applicable) and local authority (Tower Hamlets)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Adam Primary SchoolNot applicableE1 1JXClosed
    Al Ashraaf Secondary SchoolNot applicableE1 7RAClosed
    Al-Azhar Primary SchoolNot applicableE14 7AFClosed
    Al-Mizan SchoolNot applicableE1 1JXOpen
    Ayasofia Primary SchoolNot applicableE1 2JAClosed
    • Adam Primary School
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
      E1 1JX
      Status
      Closed
    • Al Ashraaf Secondary School
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
      E1 7RA
      Status
      Closed
    • Al-Azhar Primary School
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
      E14 7AF
      Status
      Closed
    • Al-Mizan School
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
      E1 1JX
      Status
      Open
    • Ayasofia Primary School
    Cradle Hill Community Primary School
    Distance
    762 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Chalvington School
    Distance
    883 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Owlets Montessori School
    Distance
    922 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Newlands Manor School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Annecy Catholic Primary School
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Annecy Catholic Primary School
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Not applicable
    Postcode
    E1 2JA
    Status
    Closed