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Wapping High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Free school
153 Commercial Road, London E1 2DA · wappinghigh.org · 020 3597 3671
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 46.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Tower Hamlets 47.4, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2025 entry · Tower Hamlets Council
- Pupils
- 248
- 59% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 38.2%
- First language not English
- 57.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2025, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Tower Hamlets Council’s document.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 0 | 13 | —▲ | 0% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 34 | 18 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 57 | 13 | 0.2 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 99 | 18 | 0.2 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 76 | 17 | 0.2 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.9, and 44.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Tower Hamlets it was 47.4, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●46.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ●44.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲70.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲50.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.33 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 54.3 | +19.1 |
| Further education | 29.6 | −18.3 |
| Other education | 1.2 | −0.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.2 | −0.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 8.6 | +4.4 |
| Activity not captured | 4.9 | +0.7 |
Ofsted
Wapping High School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 21 Nov 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective May 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
56% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (18 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 56%
- Replies
- 18
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 100% who raised concerns
based on the 78% who had a child bullied