Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
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 |
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 entry19 applications · 0 places offered · 13 named it first
Small intakeFewer than 60 places, so not ranked.
- 2025 4.4; Tower Hamlets median median 2.7
- 2024 2.7; Tower Hamlets median median 2.7
- 2023 1.3; Tower Hamlets median median 2.6
- 2022 2.0; Tower Hamlets median median 2.4
- 2021 1.8; Tower Hamlets median median 2.6
- 2020 2.8; Tower Hamlets median median 2.8
- 2019 2.1; Tower Hamlets median median 2.8
- 2018 4.2; Tower Hamlets median median 3.0
- 2017 6.0; Tower Hamlets median median 3.2
- 2016 4.4; Tower Hamlets median median 3.3
- 2015 4.3; Tower Hamlets median median 3.6
- 2014 4.8; 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 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 0.00 | |
| Sep 2025 | 34 | 149 | 4.4 | 18 | 0.53 |
| Sep 2024 | 57 | 156 | 2.7 | 13 | 0.23 |
| Sep 2023 | 99 | 129 | 1.3 | 18 | 0.18 |
| Sep 2022 | 76 | 149 | 2.0 | 17 | 0.22 |
| Sep 2021 | 77 | 138 | 1.8 | 17 | 0.22 |
| Sep 2020 | 48 | 136 | 2.8 | 15 | 0.31 |
| Sep 2019 | 82 | 171 | 2.1 | 27 | 0.33 |
| Sep 2018 | 37 | 157 | 4.2 | 24 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2017 | 31 | 187 | 6.0 | 20 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2016 | 46 | 203 | 4.4 | 33 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2015 | 50 | 214 | 4.3 | 33 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2014 | 55 | 263 | 4.8 | 38 | 0.69 |
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.) | 73 | 46.9 | 47% | 63% | – |
| 2024/25 | 65 | 46.9 | 45% | 71% | – |
| 2023/24 | 81 | 46.9 | 56% | 69% | +0.04 |
| 2022/23 | 68 | 40.9 | 34% | 59% | −0.37 |
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
- Wapping High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood202346.9Attainment 8
- 0.1 km · Tower HamletsOutstanding20242.3applications per place 57.2Attainment 8
- 0.2 km · Tower HamletsGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 0.6 km · Tower HamletsOutstanding20244.5applications per place 58.7Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · Tower HamletsGood20212.0applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · Tower HamletsNot yet inspected2.1applications per place
- 1.2 km · Tower Hamlets20264.6applications per place 54.0Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · Tower Hamlets20263.2applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · Tower HamletsGood20222.6applications per place 46.5Attainment 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138202 · 211/4000
- Trust
- The Wapping and Shadwell Secondary Education Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 248 on roll
- Free school meals
- 38.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2012
- Address
- 153 Commercial Road, London, E1 2DA
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources