Morpeth School

Community school·Secondary school London, Tower Hamlets·E2 0PX
Composite score
61.5
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#1,022
National rank
#260
In London
#8
In Tower Hamlets
Top 32%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
49.2
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
43%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
70%
% EBacc grade 5+
24%
EBacc average points score
4.39

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
99%
177 first choices, 219 places
First choices per place
0.81
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
486
any preference, for 219 places
Applications from another council area
6%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.13
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1 per place
1.2620221.1420231.0420240.9420250.812026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Morpeth School yet. Tower Hamlets does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,513
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
55.2%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
57.4%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.4%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
7.1%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
21.1%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.1
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£11,011
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
95%
228 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
94%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Morpeth School

Morpeth School is a secondary school in London, Tower Hamlets, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 1,513 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 49.2 — above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 1.1 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 32% of secondary schools nationally.

43% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 70% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 99% of the families who made Morpeth School their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 95% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.0%. There are about 14.1 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 55% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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