Bishop Challoner Catholic School
Academy converter · sixth form · 867 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.6
Free schools
Wapping High School
- Pupils on roll
- 248of 420 places
- Free school meals
- 38.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 65
- Ofsted
- Good, 21 November 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Wapping High School has no sixth form. Of the 68 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 4% moved to a sixth form college, 63% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 40% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.9 against 46.1 across England and 47.4 in Tower Hamlets, with 45% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Tower Hamlets and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Wapping High School | Tower Hamlets | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 68 | 3,085 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 91% | 93% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 22% | 64% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 4% | 3% | 13% |
| — further education college | 63% | 23% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Wapping High School | Tower Hamlets | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.9 | 47.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 45% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 51% | 54% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.33 | 4.27 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 39% | 55% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 44.7 | 45.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.3 | 49.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 55% | 47% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 63 | 97% | 89% | 16% | 20% | 59% |
| Mathematics | 63 | 97% | 88% | 24% | 22% | 73% |
| English Literature | 63 | 97% | 86% | 40% | 21% | 76% |
| Combined Science | 49 | 75% | 65% | 10% | 9% | 47% |
| Geography | 41 | 63% | 41% | 22% | 25% | 68% |
| History | 29 | 45% | 41% | 28% | 26% | 66% |
| Spanish | 26 | 40% | 19% | 38% | 27% | 77% |
| Art and Design | 26 | 40% | 7% | 4% | 24% | 31% |
| Computer Science | 17 | 26% | 13% | 12% | 30% | 47% |
| Biology | 14 | 22% | 23% | 43% | 45% | 93% |
| Physics | 14 | 22% | 23% | 21% | 46% | 93% |
| Chemistry | 14 | 22% | 23% | 43% | 47% | 93% |
| Religious Studies | 14 | 22% | 31% | 14% | 32% | 50% |
| Drama | 14 | 22% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 36% |
| Sociology | 12 | 18% | 4% | 25% | 21% | 58% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 10 | 15% | 8% | 10% | 21% | 70% |
| Italian | 6 | 9% | 0% | 83% | 53% | 100% |
| Bengali | 6 | 9% | 0% | 83% | 35% | 100% |
| Design and Technology | 4 | 6% | 11% | — | 23% | — |
| Chinese | 4 | 6% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Russian | 3 | 5% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Music | 3 | 5% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 2% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| German | 1 | 2% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 13 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 12 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 11 | — | — |
A levels and other level 3 courses
A level subjects
Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | 14 | — | 17% |
| Mathematics | 13 | — | 31% |
| Biology | 9 | — | 20% |
| Psychology | — | — | 23% |
| Business Studies | — | — | 13% |
| Computer Science | — | — | 5% |
| Economics | — | — | 13% |
| English Literature | — | — | 11% |
| Politics | — | — | 6% |
| History | — | — | 13% |
| Philosophy | — | — | 1% |
| Further Mathematics | — | — | 5% |
| Physics | — | — | 12% |
Other secondary schools in Tower Hamlets
Bow School
Community school · sixth form · 1,126 pupils
96% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2
Canary Wharf Secondary
Free schools · 417 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.9
Central Foundation Girls' School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,526 pupils
95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.3
George Green's School
Voluntary controlled school · sixth form · 1,256 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.0
Langdon Park Community School
Community school · sixth form · 1,055 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.5
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.