Canary Wharf Secondary
Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Tower Hamlets
7 Selsdon Way, London, E14 9GL
76
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Graded 09/05/2024
Application demand
83%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.9%
17.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
417
Capacity used
Has space90%
462 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
83%
1st preference success rate
67 of 81 families who put it first got an offer
75
Places offered
314
Total applications
4.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 81 | 67 | ● 83% |
| 2nd preference | 119 | 6 | ● 5% |
| 3rd preference | 45 | 1 | ● 2% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 69 | 1 | ● 1% |
| Total | 314 | 75 | 24% |
1st preference success by year
Tower Hamlets lets families list 6 preferences. 25 applications came from outside the council area (4 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Christian
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Geoff Roberts
- Address
- 7 Selsdon Way, London, E14 9GL
- Phone
- 02033836100
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Ward / constituency
- Blackwall & Cubitt Town · Poplar and Limehouse
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 142879
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 29% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 25% | — | — |
| SEN support | 17% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS TRUST, EAST LONDON
417 pupils · 462 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
09 May 2024
Full graded inspection
Requires improvement overall effectivenessPersonal development Requires improvement Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 483 pupils
Attendance
92.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
17.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.6%
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 | 53.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.32 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 67% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 76% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.84 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 52.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 57.1% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 70.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 41% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.73 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 105 | — |
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.
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 | 103 | 39% | 60% | 76% | |
| English Language | 103 | 25% | 64% | 79% | |
| English Literature | 101 | 40% | 69% | 79% | |
| Combined Science | 62 | 13% | 32% | 55% | |
| Spanish | 60 | 38% | 65% | 80% | |
| Art and Design | 45 | 29% | 71% | 71% | |
| History | 41 | 29% | 63% | 76% | |
| Biology | 40 | 53% | 90% | 98% | |
| Physics | 40 | 63% | 93% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 40 | 60% | 93% | 100% | |
| Physical Education | 31 | 23% | 48% | 68% | |
| Geography | 28 | 54% | 71% | 79% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
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) |
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.