Morpeth School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · London, Tower Hamlets
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.24 miles
Last offer on distance in meters: Band A · Published by London Borough of Tower Hamlets · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2012–2026 (miles)
Morpeth School is a secondary school in London, Tower Hamlets for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 March 2023. Tower Hamlets has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2012 to 2026 entry.
Morpeth School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 3.24 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 0.77 mi |
| Year 7 2014 | 1.37 mi |
| Year 7 2013 | 1.32 mi |
| Year 7 2012 | 1.78 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place for 2026 lived 3.24 miles away, the 2nd longest of 6 Tower Hamlets secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7, the 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and in 2012, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 2026 had 177 first-choice applications for 219 offers; 176 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- 2024/25: 43% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Tower Hamlets.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Tower Hamlets schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Portman Place, Bethnal Green, London, E2 0PX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Tower Hamlets
- Pupils on roll
- 1,512 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils have rich opportunities to broaden their experiences and to build their confidence at this school.”
- “Leaders provide a broad and varied curriculum.”
- “Leaders ensure that every pupil has the chance to receive instrumental music lessons and go on residential outings and on visits to universities.”
To improve
- “Pupils are typically respectful and focused on their learning, although, occasionally, behaviour disturbs pupils’ learning in class and can sometimes be unsettled around the school.”
- “However, leaders do not check as carefully that pupils in all classes have learned the content in the planned curriculum securely.”
- “As a result, some pupils’ grasp of key curriculum knowledge and skills is not as steady.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 June 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 43% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 49.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 177 first-preference applications, 219 offers in total, 176 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Tower Hamlets.
- Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oaklands School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Swanlea School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Central Foundation Girls' School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bishop Challoner Catholic School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mulberry Academy Shoreditch 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Wapping High School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published