Wapping High School
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · London, Tower Hamlets
Last distance offered · Year 7 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From London Borough of Tower Hamlets · offers on 3 March 2025
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Wapping High School is a secondary school in London, Tower Hamlets for ages 11–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 November 2023. Tower Hamlets has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 entry.
Wapping High 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 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 entry in 2025, every applicant was offered a place; 3 of the 19 applications came from families living outside Tower Hamlets, and 0 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 45% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 46.9 (England 46).
- There are 9.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 15.2 across 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
- 153 Commercial Road, London, E1 2DA
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Tower Hamlets
- Pupils on roll
- 248 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 9.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 November 2023
Strengths
- “This is a safe, happy and ambitious school.”
- “This vision has been realised and maintained.”
- “Staff know their pupils very well.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, however, in Years 7 to 9, teachers do not choose the most appropriate tasks to help pupils understand the intended content.”
- “This can lead to gaps in pupils’ knowledge or misconceptions that are not addressed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 February 2024 (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) | 45% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.9 | 46 |
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: 13 first-preference applications, 0 offers in total, 0 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 School for Girls 0.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- London Enterprise Academy 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Swanlea School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Bishop Challoner Catholic School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mulberry Academy London Dock 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mulberry Academy Shoreditch 0.9 mi Good Last distance published