GCSE results 2026

Tower Hamlets GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 17 state secondary schools in Tower Hamlets, 2,883 pupils. Tower Hamlets ranks 38 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.2 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

53.0%

5.2 pts above England

Grade 7+ English & maths

17.9%

3.2 pts above England

Attainment 8

49.8

2.2 points above England

Council rank

38 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Tower Hamlets at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Swanlea School (58.7).
Schools range from 28.6 to 58.7 on Attainment 8, a spread of 30.1 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 46.9, 6.5 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Mulberry School for Girls (55.7).
Most improved on 2025: Langdon Park Community School, up 3.1 points to 46.6.

Every Tower Hamlets secondary school, ranked

Ranked by Attainment 8 · 2025/26 provisional · E&M: English and maths

#	School	Pupils	Attainment 8	vs 2025	Grade 4+ E&M	Grade 5+ E&M	Grade 7+ E&M	Disadvantaged A8
1	Swanlea SchoolTop 10% three years running	201	58.7	+1.8	82.6%	68.2%	31.8%	54.6
2	Mulberry School for GirlsGirls · Top 10% three years running	236	57.2	+2.0	78.4%	63.6%	25.0%	55.7
3	Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary SchoolChurch of England	201	54.0	+0.4	77.1%	63.2%	26.4%	51.1
4	Central Foundation Girls' SchoolGirls	233	53.0	−1.3	79.8%	57.5%	19.3%	50.8
5	St Paul's Way Trust School	233	52.0	+0.2	73.8%	60.9%	15.5%	49.3
6	Canary Wharf College CrossharbourChristian	90	51.2	−1.7	71.1%	55.6%	18.9%	44.6
7	Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College	186	50.2	+2.7	75.3%	55.9%	19.4%	46.3
8	London Enterprise Academy	90	48.7	+0.7	65.6%	48.9%	15.6%	47.1
9	Oaklands School	152	47.9	−4.5	67.1%	49.3%	15.8%	45.6
10	Morpeth School	224	47.8	−1.4	64.7%	44.2%	12.9%	43.2
11	George Green's School	198	47.7	−1.3	67.2%	48.0%	15.2%	44.8
12	Wapping High School	73	46.9	0.0	63.0%	46.6%	12.3%	42.6
13	Langdon Park Community School	173	46.6	+3.1	68.2%	51.4%	15.0%	43.9
14	Mulberry Academy Shoreditch	166	46.5	+1.5	68.7%	51.2%	13.3%	43.1
15	Bishop Challoner Catholic SchoolRoman Catholic	179	43.8	−0.8	62.6%	41.3%	16.8%	40.8
16	Bow School	204	43.8	+0.6	58.8%	39.7%	9.8%	43.2
17	Mulberry UTC	44	28.6	−1.7	40.9%	18.2%	4.5%	25.6
	England average		47.6		66.8%	47.8%	14.7%	37.7

Disadvantaged A8: Attainment 8 of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years or looked after; blank where the school has too few to publish. Small year groups move more from year to year.

Tower Hamlets against the rest of London

Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026

Kingston upon Thames69.6%
Sutton69.4%
Richmond upon Thames67.0%
Barnet65.4%
Hammersmith and Fulham65.2%
Redbridge62.9%
Kensington and Chelsea60.5%
Wandsworth60.1%
Westminster59.3%
Ealing58.4%
Hackney58.1%
Merton58.0%
Bexley57.1%
Harrow55.9%
Bromley55.9%
Southwark55.8%
Newham55.4%
Hounslow55.0%
Hillingdon54.7%
Brent53.5%
Tower Hamlets53.0%
Haringey51.4%
Islington50.8%
Waltham Forest50.4%
Camden50.4%
Barking and Dagenham50.0%
Havering50.0%
Greenwich49.9%
Lewisham49.7%
Enfield48.7%
Croydon47.7%
Lambeth47.2%

Reading these figures

Attainment 8 is out of 90: a pupil’s grades in eight GCSE slots added up, with English and maths counted twice.
There is no Progress 8 this year (these pupils sat no KS2 SATs), so results partly reflect each school’s intake.
These are provisional figures; revised ones with re-marks follow in early 2027.
Source: Department for Education, Key stage 4 performance (school-level data). Council figures are our pupil-weighted calculation over state-funded mainstream schools; independent schools are not included.