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Langdon Park Community School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,055Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 100966URN

Bright Street, Poplar, London, E14 0RZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
0.5 below Tower Hamlets median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Tower Hamlets

294 applications for 167 places · 14th of 15 in Tower Hamlets
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
46.6of 90
13th of 17 in Tower Hamlets
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 28 April 2026Published 7 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 28 April 2026
    Report card · 7 Expected standard
  2. 19 April 2023
    Graded inspection: Good
  3. 14 February 2020
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.8applications per place, Year 7
0.5 below Tower Hamlets median (2.3) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

294 applications · 167 places offered · 106 named it first

  1. 2026 1.8; Tower Hamlets median median 2.3
  2. 2025 2.0; Tower Hamlets median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.0; Tower Hamlets median median 2.7
  4. 2023 2.1; Tower Hamlets median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.4; Tower Hamlets median median 2.4
  6. 2021 2.2; Tower Hamlets median median 2.6
  7. 2020 1.9; Tower Hamlets median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.2; Tower Hamlets median median 2.8
  9. 2018 2.7; Tower Hamlets median median 3.0
  10. 2017 2.9; Tower Hamlets median median 3.2
  11. 2016 3.3; Tower Hamlets median median 3.3
  12. 2015 3.2; Tower Hamlets median median 3.6
  13. 2014 3.3; Tower Hamlets median median 3.3
More applications per place than the Tower Hamlets median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Tower Hamlets median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261672941.81060.63
Sep 20251733422.01010.58
Sep 20241763462.01080.61
Sep 20231693512.11010.60
Sep 20221744242.41330.76
Sep 20211733792.21070.62
Sep 20201813461.9970.54
Sep 20191854092.2810.44
Sep 20181784832.71190.67
Sep 20171755052.91310.75
Sep 20161765763.31580.90
Sep 20151735553.21330.77
Sep 20141765853.31340.76

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

173 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)46.613th of 17 in Tower Hamlets
Grade 5 or above in English and maths51%8th of 17 in Tower Hamlets
Grade 4 or above in English and maths68%
  • This school
  • Tower Hamlets median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.34
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17346.651%68%–
2024/2517843.546%60%–
2023/2416744.037%58%−0.34
2022/2317749.246%70%−0.13

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
100966 · 211/4105
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
950 pupils · 1,055 on roll
Free school meals
58.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Bright Street, Poplar, London, E14 0RZ
Local authority
Tower Hamlets

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources