Morpeth School
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Tower Hamlets
Portman Place, London, E2 0PX
72
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 08/03/2023
Application demand
88%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.5%
19.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,512
Capacity used
Nearly full95%
1,600 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
88%
1st preference success rate
183 of 209 families who put it first got an offer
222
Places offered
582
Total applications
2.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 209 | 183 | ● 88% |
| 2nd preference | 122 | 21 | ● 17% |
| 3rd preference | 107 | 13 | ● 12% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 144 | 5 | ● 3% |
| Total | 582 | 222 | 38% |
1st preference success by year
Tower Hamlets lets families list 6 preferences. 14 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- John Pickett
- Address
- Portman Place, Bethnal Green, London, E2 0PX
- Phone
- 02089810921
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Ward / constituency
- Bethnal Green East · Bethnal Green and Stepney
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 100967
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 50% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 63% | — | — |
| SEN support | 13% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,512 pupils · 1,600 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
08 March 2023
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessSixth form Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,198 pupils
Attendance
92.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
19.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.8%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 50.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.24 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 51% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 69% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.69 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 30.37 | — | — |
Average grade: C (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 49.2 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 43.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 69.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 57.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.39 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 233 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 27.91 | 35 |
| Average grade | C- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 4.5% | 17% |
| A-level students | 112 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 225 | 20% | 50% | 74% | |
| English Language | 224 | 16% | 55% | 74% | |
| Religious Studies | 215 | 29% | 63% | 78% | |
| English Literature | 213 | 26% | 71% | 89% | |
| Combined Science | 181 | 8% | 39% | 67% | |
| Social Studies | 149 | 26% | 63% | 75% | |
| Art and Design | 145 | 27% | 66% | 83% | |
| History | 133 | 33% | 60% | 74% | |
| Geography | 87 | 26% | 49% | 67% | |
| Economics | 73 | 3% | 42% | 53% | |
| Spanish | 59 | 27% | 59% | 81% | |
| Business | 59 | 10% | 47% | 64% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | 43 | 0% | 7% | 26% | |
| Mathematics | 41 | 5% | 7% | 17% | |
| English Literature | 39 | 0% | 5% | 18% | |
| Sociology | 28 | 0% | 21% | 39% | |
| Government and Politics | 26 | 4% | 12% | 38% | |
| Chemistry | 21 | 0% | 5% | 24% | |
| Psychology | 21 | 0% | 10% | 43% | |
| Religious Studies | 21 | 5% | 10% | 48% | |
| Biology | 19 | 0% | 11% | 21% | |
| Physics | 16 | 0% | 6% | 25% | |
| Geography | 15 | 0% | 27% | 40% | |
| History | 13 | 0% | 23% | 62% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #352 of 1,857 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 25046: Morpeth School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Applications | <3 |
| Offers | <3 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | <3 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 66% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 4% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 67% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Tower Hamlets council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.