Canary Wharf Secondary
Secondary schoolCanary Wharf Secondary is a secondary school in Tower Hamlets, for pupils aged 11 to 19. It had 417 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), May 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 9 May 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Canary Wharf Secondary was 51.2, against 46.7 in Tower Hamlets and 46.2 in England.
55.6% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Tower Hamlets | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 51.2 | 46.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55.6% | 49.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71.1% | 66.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 90 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Cubitt Town Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)350 m
- Canary Wharf Primary, East FerryPrimary. Good (overall), September 2022. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)610 m
- Harbinger Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2023. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)670 m
- St Edmund's Catholic SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, January 2023. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)670 m
- Seven Mills Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2023. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)750 m
- Arnhem Wharf Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2023. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)810 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Tower Hamlets
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).