Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Tower Hamlets
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry486 applications · 219 places offered · 177 named it first
- 2026 2.2; Tower Hamlets median median 2.3
- 2025 2.6; Tower Hamlets median median 2.7
- 2024 3.0; Tower Hamlets median median 2.7
- 2023 3.3; Tower Hamlets median median 2.6
- 2022 3.3; Tower Hamlets median median 2.4
- 2021 3.4; Tower Hamlets median median 2.6
- 2020 3.4; Tower Hamlets median median 2.8
- 2019 4.0; Tower Hamlets median median 2.8
- 2018 4.0; Tower Hamlets median median 3.0
- 2017 4.3; Tower Hamlets median median 3.2
- 2016 3.9; Tower Hamlets median median 3.3
- 2015 4.1; Tower Hamlets median median 3.6
- 2014 4.3; Tower Hamlets median median 3.3
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 219 | 486 | 2.2 | 177 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2025 | 222 | 582 | 2.6 | 209 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2024 | 222 | 670 | 3.0 | 232 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2023 | 219 | 732 | 3.3 | 249 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2022 | 221 | 736 | 3.3 | 279 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2021 | 224 | 756 | 3.4 | 260 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2020 | 228 | 780 | 3.4 | 265 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2019 | 225 | 892 | 4.0 | 296 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2018 | 226 | 906 | 4.0 | 289 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2017 | 229 | 977 | 4.3 | 295 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2016 | 236 | 920 | 3.9 | 268 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2015 | 228 | 927 | 4.1 | 284 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2014 | 225 | 962 | 4.3 | 287 | 1.28 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 224 | 47.8 | 44% | 65% | – |
| 2024/25 | 233 | 49.2 | 43% | 70% | – |
| 2023/24 | 238 | 50.3 | 51% | 69% | +0.24 |
| 2022/23 | 228 | 50.2 | 48% | 72% | +0.30 |
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
- Morpeth SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.2applications per place 47.8Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · Tower Hamlets20263.2applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · Tower Hamlets20262.7applications per place 47.9Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · Tower HamletsOutstanding20244.5applications per place 58.7Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · Tower Hamlets20264.6applications per place 54.0Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · Tower Hamlets20262.1applications per place 53.0Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · HackneyOutstanding20234.1applications per place 65.1Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · Tower HamletsGood20212.0applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · HackneyGraded · no overall grade20254.2applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
- 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
- 100967 · 211/4150
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,600 pupils · 1,512 on roll
- Free school meals
- 49.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Portman Place, Bethnal Green, London, E2 0PX
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources