Wapping High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C58
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- London, E1 2DA
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Swanlea School
31 Brady Street, Whitechapel, London, E1 5DJ
Local ranking1st of 17 secondary schools in Tower Hamlets
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1260
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 24 April 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 58.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 68.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 82.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 201
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Continued in education
- 95.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 80.0%
- Higher education
- 62.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 12.0%
- Not sustained
- 18.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
35.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
34.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
100
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 6.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 33.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 246
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1281
- Boys
- 777 (62%)
- Girls
- 476 (38%)
- Capacity
- 1260 (99% full)
- SEND
- 17.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 54.3%
- EAL
- 28.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.7%
- SEN Support
- 10.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 83.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £10,606/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 8.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Asian Bangladeshi: 83.7%
- Black African: 4.6%
- Mixed Other: 3.4%
- Other: 2.6%
- White Other: 2.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.5%
- Asian Indian: 0.6%
- White British: 0.4%
83.7%
Asian Bangladeshi
4.6%
Black African
3.4%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 100973
- UKPRN
- 10017775
- Establishment No.
- 4297
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