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Schools in Tower Hamlets

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Phase
Schools indexed
111
in Tower Hamlets
Average Attainment 8
48.5
national 46.4
Average Progress 8
+0.16
national 0.00
Grade 5+ Eng & maths
63%
national 45%
Good or Outstanding
77%
of 48 inspected

Averages cover state mainstream schools, the basis of the national figures. Special and independent schools are in the table below but not in the averages.

Ofsted across Tower Hamlets

Most recent inspection outcome for every school with a published judgement. Click a bar to filter the table.

Spread of Attainment 8

Number of Tower Hamlets secondaries in each band. Click a bar to filter the table.

Tower Hamlets schools

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Select#SchoolAttainment 8Progress 85+ Eng & maths
1London Islamic School
Other independent school
58.7—83%
2Jamiatul Ummah School
Other independent school
58.1—85%
3Swanlea School
Community school · Outstanding
56.9+0.8176%
4Madani Secondary Girls' School
Other independent school
56.6—81%
5London East Academy
Other independent school
56.4—77%
6Mulberry School for Girls
Academy converter · Outstanding
55.2+0.6169%
7Central Foundation Girls' School
Voluntary aided school
54.3+0.5073%
8Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School
Voluntary aided school
53.6+0.7771%
9Canary Wharf College Crossharbour
Free schools · Requires improvement
52.9+0.3270%
10Darul Hadis Latifiah
Other independent school
52.7—71%
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High-attainment secondary schools in Tower Hamlets

Swanlea School
SecondaryAttainment 8 56.9Progress 8 +0.81
Mulberry School for Girls
SecondaryAttainment 8 55.2Progress 8 +0.61
Central Foundation Girls' School
SecondaryAttainment 8 54.3Progress 8 +0.50
Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School
SecondaryAttainment 8 53.6Progress 8 +0.77
Canary Wharf College Crossharbour
SecondaryAttainment 8 52.9Progress 8 +0.32

Catchment distances and university destinations in Tower Hamlets

We hold the last distance offered for 16 Tower Hamlets schools, 2025–2026, from the council’s allocation figures. See Tower Hamlets school catchment distances

Most leavers to Oxford or Cambridge

  1. Bow School1.9% (2015/16–2019/20)
  2. Langdon Park Community School1.9% (2015/16–2019/20)
  3. Bishop Challoner Catholic School1.3% (2015/16–2019/20)
  4. St Paul's Way Trust School1.1% (2015/16–2019/20)
  5. Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College1.0% (2015/16–2019/20)

Most leavers to Russell Group universities

  1. St Paul's Way Trust School55.1% (2015/16–2019/20)
  2. Mulberry School for Girls31.4% (2015/16–2019/20)
  3. Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College31.2% (2015/16–2019/20)
  4. Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School29.9% (2015/16–2019/20)
  5. Central Foundation Girls' School29.1% (2015/16–2019/20)

Share of sixth-form leavers, pooled over the years shown (Department for Education destination data). England Oxbridge rankings

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