Tower Hamlets
Canary Wharf College Crossharbour
Close to home and non-selective, but attainment sits below the national average and the last inspection asked for improvement.
What the data says
Published data, read plainly. It tells you what to check next; it does not guarantee a place or replace your local authority’s admissions guidance.
Attainment 8 of 52.9 is above the national average of around 46.
- 52.9
- Attainment 8
- 70%
- 5+ Eng & Maths
- 2024/2025
- Academic year
Progress is close to average or statistically uncertain because the confidence interval crosses zero. This does not necessarily mean the school adds or detracts from pupil progress.
- +0.32
- Progress 8
- [-0.01, 0.65]
- Confidence interval
Admissions realism depends on your home postcode and the school's published allocation data. Enter your postcode on this page to get a more specific assessment, and always verify the latest policy on the school's official admissions page.
This school has a Christian religious character. Admissions may prioritise pupils who meet faith criteria. A Supplementary Information Form (SIF) may be required.
Watch-outs
- Faith admissions criteria apply (Christian). A Supplementary Information Form may be required. Evidence of faith practice may be needed.
What to do next
- Verify the school's official admissions policy
- Download and review the Supplementary Information Form
- Book an open day or school visit
- Add this school to your shortlist and compare with backup options
Admissions and catchment
Year 7 entry · Tower Hamlets council allocation figures, 2025–2026
Add a postcode to see where you would sit against past cut-offs.
Places are split into 4 bands and each had its own cut-off in 2026, so your chance depends on which band your child is placed in.
Why we say “Depends on band”
- Band A: everyone who applied was offered a place.
- Band B: everyone who applied was offered a place.
- Band C: everyone who applied was offered a place.
- Band D: everyone who applied was offered a place.
- 200 applications for 81 places in 2026 (2.5 per place).
What could change this
- Your child’s band comes from the banding test the school or council runs. Ask the school when it takes place.
- We measure a straight line from your postcode centre. The council measures from your home address, sometimes along walking routes, so treat anything near the line with care.
- Cut-offs move every year with the number of applicants and siblings.
- Children with an EHC plan, looked-after children and siblings are usually offered places before distance is used.
- Past allocations never guarantee a place.
Each band has its own cut-off, so there is no single ring to draw. The bars below show every band’s distance.
Last offer distance
Furthest child offered a place, by band, 2026.
Applications and places
Published admission number (PAN) against applications
200 applications for 81 places in 2026
81 offers made at first allocation, 2026
Councils count applications differently (all preferences or first preferences only).
Pupils on roll
School census count against building capacity
90% full. Source: Get Information about Schools, 26 September 2026. A full school can still have places in the entry year.
Sources — check them yourself
- 2026 (first allocation): Tower Hamlets council allocation figures (PDF)
- 2025 (first allocation): Tower Hamlets council allocation figures (PDF)
- Official admissions page: Tower Hamlets. Use its address checker or booklet to confirm your own position.
Every distance the council printed
| Year | Rule or band | Printed | In km |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Band A · last offer on distance | all offered | — |
| 2026 | Band B · last offer on distance | all offered | — |
| 2026 | Band C · last offer on distance | all offered | — |
| 2026 | Band D · last offer on distance | all offered | — |
| 2025 | Band A · last offer on distance | all offered | — |
| 2025 | Band B · last offer on distance | all offered | — |
| 2025 | Band C · last offer on distance | all offered | — |
| 2025 | Band D · last offer on distance | all offered | — |
Figures collected from council publications on 27 September 2026 and shown as printed, converted to km. Years the council did not publish are left blank. Past allocations never guarantee a place.
Applications and offers
National offer day figures that councils report to the Department for Education. These are counts only: they do not show how far away the last child offered a place lived.
Year 7 entry
| Year of entry | Places offered | Put it first | First choices offered | Applications (any preference) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 74 | 59 | 59 (100%) | 197 |
| September 2025 | 75 | 81 | 67 (83%) | 314 |
| September 2024 | 75 | 153 | 72 (47%) | 429 |
| September 2023 | 81 | 148 | 72 (49%) | 446 |
| September 2022 | 76 | 158 | 67 (42%) | 464 |
Source: Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers, Academic year 2026/27, school-level data, published 18 June 2026. “–” means the figure was not published. The council’s own allocation figures are the official record: check Tower Hamlets’s admissions page for cut-off distances, the admission rules and this year’s dates.
Performance over time
Attainment 8 over time
Progress 8 over time(not available 2024/25)
Historical results
| Year | Pupils | Att8 | P8 | 5+ E&M | EBacc % | EBacc APS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/2025 | 105 | 52.9 | — | 69.5% | 41.0% | 4.7 |
| 2023/2024 | 76 | 53.4 | +0.32 | 73.7% | 60.5% | 4.8 |
| 2022/2023 | 79 | 49.6 | +0.13 | 67.0% | 78.0% | 4.7 |
| 2021/2022 | 33 | 58.0 | +0.45 | 73.0% | 82.0% | 5.7 |
Nearby and similar schools
Other secondary schools in Tower Hamlets for local comparison.
School information
| URN | 142879 |
| Local authority | Tower Hamlets |
| Region | London |
| Phase | Secondary |
| Type | Free schools |
| Gender of entry | Mixed |
| Age range | 11-19 |
| Headteacher | Geoff Roberts |
| Trust | CANARY WHARF COLLEGE LTD |
| Admissions | — |
| Religious character | Christian |
| Postcode | E14 9GL |
| Latest pupils | 105 |
| FSM eligible | 33.8% |
Contact and identifiers
7 Selsdon Way, London, E14 9GL
www.canarywharfcollege.co.ukView local authority page2033836100| DfE number | 4003 |
| UKPRN | 10056955 |
| Opened | 1 Sept 2016 |
| GIAS updated | 6 Feb 2026 |
Data sources and freshness
| Official record updated | 6 Feb 2026 |
| Latest KS4 year | 2024/2025 |
| Latest KS2 year | — |
| Ofsted published | 26 Jun 2024 |
Latest Ofsted inspection
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding | Effective |
| Inspection type | S5 Inspection |
| Category of concern | — |
| Inspection date | 9 May 2024 |
| Publication date | 26 Jun 2024 |