SCHOOL PROFILE

Wapping High School: data, trends and context

Wapping High School is a secondary school in Tower Hamlets. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
138202
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Free schools
Status
Open
Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Region
London
Trust
THE WAPPING AND SHADWELL SECONDARY EDUCATION TRUST
Postcode
E1 2DA
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
248
FSM eligible
37.9%
EAL / First language other than English
57.7%
SEND (total)
23.4%
SEN Support
17.3%
EHCP
6.0%
White British
10.9%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
90.2%
Overall absence
9.8%
Persistent absence
34.5%
Severe absence
5.4%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
Tower HamletsLocal authority93.3%6.7%2.8%
LondonRegion92.7%7.3%2.9%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
15.3%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
9.9%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
46.9
English & maths grade 5+
44.6%
English & maths grade 4+
70.8%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Wapping High School is a secondary school in Tower Hamlets. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.