Langdon Park Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 19 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Unique reference
100966
Address
Bright Street, Poplar, E14 0RZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1061 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
56.4%
Girls
43.6%
First language not English
59.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
60.2%
Persistent absence
24.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.9%
Pupil ethnicities
Bangladeshi 67%
White British 6.9%
African 6.9%
Mixed 4.1%
Other White 3.8%
Other 2.4%
Other Asian 2.3%
Caribbean 1.9%
Pakistani 1.8%
Other Black 1.4%
Unclassified 0.9%
Indian 0.4%
Chinese 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 44%
Local authority average 54%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.4
Local authority average 47.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.91
Local authority average 4.26
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award34
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE17
BiologyGCSE22
Business Studies:SingleGCSE21
ChemistryGCSE22
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE77
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE29
English LanguageGCSE166
English LiteratureGCSE165
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE20
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Langdon Park Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
173
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
101
2nd preference
84
3rd preference
83
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
101
2nd preference
44
3rd preference
13
To another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
176
103
73
Year 8
179
98
81
Year 9
180
99
81
Year 10
173
103
70
Year 11
179
93
86
Year 12
85
52
33
Year 13
89
50
39
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
92.3%
85.5%
Further education
24.0%
23.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
66.0%
65.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
3.0%
3.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
3.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
0.0%
2.1%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
65.0%
59.1%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
11.0%
10.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.0%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022