Swanlea School
Secondary schoolSwanlea School is a secondary school in Tower Hamlets, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,253 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), April 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 24 April 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
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 Swanlea School was 58.7, against 46.7 in Tower Hamlets and 46.2 in England.
68.2% 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 | 58.7 | 46.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 68.2% | 49.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 82.6% | 66.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 201 | – | – |
- 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- Stewart Headlam Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), July 2023. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)260 m
- Osmani Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)340 m
- Thomas Buxton Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Outstanding, March 2023. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)350 m
- Hague Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, September 2022. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)470 m
- St Anne's and Guardian Angels Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, January 2020550 m
- John Scurr Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), March 2023. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)550 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).