Which school has the best GCSE results in Tower Hamlets?

On 2026 Attainment 8, Swanlea School tops the table in Tower Hamlets with 58.7, against an England average of 46.2. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Tower Hamlets schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2026 results, the 2025/26 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021.

Why does a school in Tower Hamlets show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Tower Hamlets GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

17 state secondary schools in Tower Hamlets ranked on their 2026 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2025/26 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 7+, grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, cohort size for each school against the England average. 1 school with no published results is listed at the end. 7 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 18 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Tower Hamlets ranked on Attainment 8

17 of 18 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Tower Hamlets ranked on Attainment 8, 2026 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 7+ English & maths	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.2	14%	46%	65%	–	–
1	Swanlea School London · Community school	58.7	32%	68%	83%	–	201
2	Mulberry School for Girls London · Academy converter	57.2	25%	64%	78%	–	236
3 , up 1 place since 2025	Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School London · Voluntary aided school	54.0	26%	63%	77%	–	201
4 , down 1 place since 2025	Central Foundation Girls' School London · Voluntary aided school	53.0	19%	58%	80%	–	233
5 , up 2 places since 2025	St Paul's Way Trust School London · Academy converter	52.0	16%	61%	74%	–	233
6 , down 1 place since 2025	Canary Wharf Secondary London · Free schools	51.2	19%	56%	71%	–	90
7 , up 4 places since 2025	Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College London · Academy converter	50.2	19%	56%	75%	–	186
8 , up 2 places since 2025	London Enterprise Academy London · Free schools	48.7	16%	49%	66%	–	90
9 , down 3 places since 2025	Oaklands School London · Community school	47.9	16%	49%	67%	–	152
10 , down 2 places since 2025	Morpeth School London · Community school	47.8	13%	44%	65%	–	224
11 , down 2 places since 2025	George Green's School London · Voluntary controlled school	47.7	15%	48%	67%	–	198
12	Wapping High School London · Free schools	46.9	12%	47%	63%	–	73
13 , up 2 places since 2025	Langdon Park Community School London · Community school	46.6	15%	51%	68%	–	173
14 , down 1 place since 2025	Mulberry Academy Shoreditch London · Academy converter	46.5	13%	51%	69%	–	166
15= , down 1 place since 2025	Bishop Challoner Catholic School London · Academy converter	43.8	17%	41%	63%	–	179
15= , up 1 place since 2025	Bow School London · Community school	43.8	10%	40%	59%	–	204
17	Mulberry UTC London · University technical college	28.6	5%	18%	41%	–	44
–	Mulberry Academy London Dock London · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–	–

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Under each rank: the change since the 2025 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2025 result.

Independent schools in Tower Hamlets with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Darul Hadis Latifiah London · Other independent school	53.2	47%	17
Jamiatul Ummah School London · Other independent school	67.5	89%	28
London East Academy London · Other independent school	52.3	69%	32
London Islamic School London · Other independent school	61.2	89%	27
Madani Secondary Girls' School London · Other independent school	54.8	60%	40
Mazahirul Uloom London School London · Other independent school	36.3	28%	51
The Complete Works Other independent school	4.3	3%	78

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2026 was 46.2.

Grade 7+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching the top grades, 7 to 9, in both; grade 5+ is the "strong pass"; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". The DfE stopped publishing EBacc entry and the EBacc average point score from the 2025/26 results, so that column is empty for 2026.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021, the baseline it is measured from. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Tower Hamlets on our composite score

Tower Hamlets GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Tower Hamlets ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Tower Hamlets with published GCSE results

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