Canary Wharf Secondary, London

In 2025, pupils at Canary Wharf Secondary averaged an Attainment 8 score of 52.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.5 in Tower Hamlets and 46.8 across England.

57% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 46% in Tower Hamlets and 46% in England.

That is in line with 2024, when the score was 53.4.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.32: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2025.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 44.8, against 59.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Spanish and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 59 families put Canary Wharf Secondary as their first choice and 197 named it as one of their preferences, for 74 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places, so in 2026 a family who put it first could expect an offer unless the school's other criteria ruled them out.

First-choice demand has fallen from 166 in 2021 to 59 in 2026, while places went from 100 to 74.

Across Tower Hamlets, 79% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 97% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2025, families in Tower Hamlets lodged 176 appeals against secondary school offers; 154 reached a hearing and 4 succeeded (2.6% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to Canary Wharf Secondary are George Green's School (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49); Bacon's College (1.3 miles, Inadequate, Attainment 8 49.4); St Ursula's Convent School (1.4 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 55.1); and Langdon Park Community School (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.5).

Canary Wharf Secondary's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Canary Wharf Secondary is one of 7 schools run by University Schools Trust, East London, an academy trust.

Of the 79 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2022/23, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 35% to a further education college and 3% into work.

33.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (the average state school: 24.5%), and 27.7% speak English as an additional language (average: 18.5%), according to the 2025 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (26%), Asian (16%) and Mixed (16%).

In 2025, 97 pupils (21%) received SEN support and 37 (8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 15.6% and 3.9% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Canary Wharf Secondary employed 40 teachers in 2024, roughly one for every 11 pupils. Their average salary was £51,872.

Its 2026 funding allocation works out at £9,400 per pupil (£4.6 million in total), including £201,563 of pupil premium for disadvantaged pupils.

The nearest Underground station is Crossharbour, about 100 metres away (roughly a 1-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Crossharbour Asda, 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Canary Wharf Secondary stands in is among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 4th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 987 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Tower Hamlets (1908).

In 2023/24, Canary Wharf Secondary issued 17 suspensions, 3.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 2.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Canary Wharf Secondary are Cubitt Town Primary School (0.2 miles), Panaga School (0.3 miles), Ogunu School (0.3 miles) and Ecole Yenzi (0.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.