Wapping High School
Secondary · London · E1 2DA
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 21 November 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
248 pupils · 59% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Free schools
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 38.2% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 55.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 12.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 4.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Website
- www.wappinghigh.org
- URN
- 138202
In figures
We hold 2 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2024 to 2025; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 21 November 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 10.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Every applicant was offered a place for 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: London school admissions · Tower Hamlets school admissions
GCSE results (2024/2025)
65 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Attainment 8, 2024/2025
On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.
They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Brook Sixth Form and Academy | 38.7 | |
| Space Studio West London | 40.6 | |
| Logic Studio School | 34.2 | |
| Valley Academy | 38.7 | |
| Lammas School | 36.3 | |
| South Chingford Foundation School | 32.8 | |
| South Bank University Academy | 41.5 | |
| Marylebone Academy | 48.6 | |
| London Enterprise Academy | 48 | |
| Oasis Academy Silvertown | 45.1 | |
| Hewens College | 34 | |
| Eastlea Community School | 41.6 |
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
Asian Bangladeshi 44% (Tower Hamlets 64%, England 2%) · Any other White background 11% (Tower Hamlets 4%, England 7%) · White British 11% (Tower Hamlets 6%, England 59%) · Any other ethnic group 8% (Tower Hamlets 3%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Tower Hamlets 4%, England 3%) · Black African 4% (Tower Hamlets 8%, England 5%) · Not recorded 2% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Tower Hamlets 0%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Tower Hamlets 3%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 2%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
15.31 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Tower Hamlets: 6.10 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 16% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
86.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £60,579; 17.2% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 67% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 23% (6%) · supplies and services 7% (11%) · educational supplies 3% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 5% (3%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve -£141,000; in-year balance +£64,000
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Where pupils go after GCSEs
Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.
Inspection history since 2015
- 21 November 2023: Good
- 27 June 2018: Good
- 3 May 2017: Not taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
- 4 May 2016: Requires improvement
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 46.5% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 18.1% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 35.2% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 22.2% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 52.1% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 10.9% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 39.3% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 49.4% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 0.5% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 85.8% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 14.7% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 74.7% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004321 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £565,0001,072 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £401,000–£830,500the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 11an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 58an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 495an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 68an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted