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Wapping High School

URN
138202
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Wapping High School
URN
138202
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

66 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

64

Inspection

80

Admissions Value

46

Destinations

46

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 50% of secondary schools in England

Top 50% nationally

#11 of 15 schools in Tower Hamlets

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Wapping High School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Wapping High School

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
4 February 2024
Inspection date
21 November 2023
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Good

    Graded 4 February 2024

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 4 February 2024

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

34

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

149

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

32

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

4.38×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Tower Hamlets)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.wappinghigh.org

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Tower Hamlets to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

46.9

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

44.6%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

70.8%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

50.8%

EBacc achievement

Location

E1 2DA - 153 Commercial Road, London, Not applicable

Contact details

Address
153 Commercial Road, London, Not applicable
Postcode
E1 2DA
Phone
2035973671
Website
www.wappinghigh.org
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Tower Hamlets
Local authority code
211

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 187 schools in Tower Hamlets.

Authority statistics

Total schools

187

Open schools

115

Closed schools

72

Primary schools

100

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 4 February 2024

  • Personal development

    Outstanding

    Graded 4 February 2024

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 4 February 2024

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    4 February 202421 November 2023S5 InspectionGoodView report for inspection published 4 February 2024
    • Good

      Published
      4 February 2024
      Inspected
      21 November 2023
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    21.5%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 18

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    26.2%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    91.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    0.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    0.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    7.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    26

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary100 (55.6%)
    • Secondary26 (14.4%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other54 (30.0%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Daffodil Preparatory School30 mNot applicableOpen
    Buttercup Primary School104 mNot applicableOpen
    Mulberry School for Girls126 mSecondaryOpen
    Mulberry School for Girls126 mSecondaryClosed
    Madani Secondary Girls' School146 mNot applicableOpen
    Grenfell Special School180 mNot applicableClosed
    Bigland Green Primary School218 mPrimaryOpen
    London Enterprise Academy248 mSecondaryOpen
    East London Islamic School287 mNot applicableClosed
    Kobi Nazrul Primary School293 mPrimaryOpen
    • Daffodil Preparatory School
      Distance
      30 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Buttercup Primary School
      Distance
      104 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Mulberry School for Girls
      Distance
      126 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open
    • Mulberry School for Girls
      Distance
      126 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Tower Hamlets)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Bethnal Green Technology CollegeSecondaryE2 6NWClosed
    Bishop Challoner Boys' SchoolSecondaryE1 0LBClosed
    Bishop Challoner Catholic SchoolSecondaryE1 0LBClosed
    Bishop Challoner Catholic SchoolSecondaryE1 0LBOpen
    Bow SchoolSecondaryE3 3QWOpen
    • Bethnal Green Technology College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      E2 6NW
      Status
      Closed
    • Bishop Challoner Boys' School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      E1 0LB
      Status
      Closed
    • Bishop Challoner Catholic School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      E1 0LB
      Status
      Closed
    • Bishop Challoner Catholic School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      E1 0LB
      Status
      Open
    • Bow School
    Madani Secondary Girls' School
    Distance
    146 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Grenfell Special School
    Distance
    180 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Bigland Green Primary School
    Distance
    218 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • London Enterprise Academy
    Distance
    248 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • East London Islamic School
    Distance
    287 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Kobi Nazrul Primary School
    Distance
    293 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    E3 3QW
    Status
    Open