Bishop Challoner Catholic School
Academy converter · sixth form · 867 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.6
Free schools
Canary Wharf Secondary
- Pupils on roll
- 417of 462 places
- Free school meals
- 28.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 105
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 9 May 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Canary Wharf Secondary has no sixth form. Of the 79 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 8% moved to a sixth form college, 35% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 57% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 52.9 against 46.1 across England and 47.4 in Tower Hamlets, with 57% 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 3% 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 | Canary Wharf Secondary | Tower Hamlets | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 79 | 3,085 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 87% | 93% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 44% | 64% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 8% | 3% | 13% |
| — further education college | 35% | 23% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Canary Wharf Secondary | Tower Hamlets | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 52.9 | 47.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 57% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 41% | 54% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.73 | 4.27 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 39% | 55% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 42.5 | 45.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 59.6 | 49.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 43% | 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 | 103 | 98% | 89% | 25% | 20% | 79% |
| Mathematics | 103 | 98% | 88% | 39% | 22% | 76% |
| English Literature | 101 | 96% | 86% | 40% | 21% | 79% |
| Combined Science | 62 | 59% | 65% | 13% | 9% | 55% |
| Spanish | 60 | 57% | 19% | 38% | 27% | 80% |
| History | 41 | 39% | 41% | 29% | 26% | 76% |
| Physics | 40 | 38% | 23% | 63% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 40 | 38% | 23% | 60% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 40 | 38% | 23% | 53% | 45% | 98% |
| Physical Education | 31 | 30% | 11% | 23% | 24% | 68% |
| Geography | 28 | 27% | 41% | 54% | 25% | 79% |
| Religious Studies | 26 | 25% | 31% | 31% | 32% | 81% |
| Citizenship Studies | 26 | 25% | 3% | 4% | 19% | 54% |
| Computer Science | 26 | 25% | 13% | 42% | 30% | 92% |
| 3D Design | 24 | 23% | 2% | 25% | 16% | 63% |
| Photography | 13 | 12% | 6% | 31% | 19% | 85% |
| Fine Art | 8 | 8% | 9% | 38% | 28% | 75% |
| Russian | 7 | 7% | 0% | 100% | 87% | 100% |
| Music | 6 | 6% | 5% | 33% | 33% | 67% |
| Turkish | 4 | 4% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Portuguese | 3 | 3% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Polish | 3 | 3% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Chinese | 3 | 3% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| German | 2 | 2% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| French | 1 | 1% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 37 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Tower Hamlets
Bow School
Community school · sixth form · 1,126 pupils
96% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2
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
London Enterprise Academy
Free schools · 396 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.0
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.