Wapping High School, London | The Schools Guide

At age 16 (%)

No data for age 18

'Academic' destinations refer to sixth form or higher education. 'Vocational' ones refer to further education, apprenticeships or employment. Neither is intrinsically better or worse, and this balance is not used in calculating the indicator score. Data are from 2022.

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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Wapping High School

153 Commercial Road, London E1 2DA

https://www.wappinghigh.org/

Wapping High School is a non-selective free school. It has about 340 boys and girls aged between 11 and 16. In November 2023 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

Particular strengths include Admissions and Representation. Relative weaknesses include Environment and Attendance.

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Other schools nearby

Overall scores for nearby schools are shown. Hover over the circles to see school names; click on them to go the corresponding school pages. Use the button on the left to personalise these scores based on your own priorities.

Distance (miles)	Score	Name
0.1		Mulberry School for Girls
0.1		London Enterprise Academy
0.4		Swanlea School
0.5		Bishop Challoner Catholic School
0.7		Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School
0.9		Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College
0.9		Mulberry Academy Shoreditch
1.0		Morpeth School
1.0		Oaklands School
1.1		St Michael's Catholic College
1.2		Bacon's College
1.2		The Charter School Bermondsey

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Admissions: Excellent. The occupancy rate is quite low and the offer rate is very high. There is no compulsory entrance exam.

Representation: Slightly out of balance. The socio-economic mix and ethnic representation are both slightly out of balance with the local community.

Attainment: Below average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Disadvantaged pupils: Below average. Progress up to age 16 is about average. Destinations at 16 are below average. There is no information for students aged 16-18.

Progress: Below average. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For information about actual grades, see Attainment.)

Attendance: Below average. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both quite high.

Destinations: Poor. The proportion of students going on to education or training at 16 is very low.

Finances: Poor. However, the school budget has been roughly in balance

Environment: Poor. Air pollution, traffic accidents and crime are all very high.

Sixth form: There is no sixth form at this school.

Schools often provide or emphasise different subjects, especially in fields such as languages and the arts. The charts below show the relative popularities of exam subjects commonly sat at this school.

Popular GCSE subjects

Proportions of pupils entering in 2023

No A-level data

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