Swanlea School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Apr 24 2024 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
100973
Address
31 Brady Street, Whitechapel, E1 5DJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1304 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
63.3%
Girls
36.7%
First language not English
36.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
45.6%
Persistent absence
9.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.3%
Pupil ethnicities
Bangladeshi 83.6%
African 4.8%
Mixed 3.6%
Other 2.5%
Other White 2.1%
Pakistani 1.5%
Indian 0.5%
Other Asian 0.5%
White British 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
1.27
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 73%
Local authority average 59%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 74%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 58.7
Local authority average 48.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.32
Local authority average 4.31
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award1
Sports StudiesTechnical Award22
Health StudiesTechnical Award24
Ancient HistoryGCSE28
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE20
BengaliGCSE4
BiologyGCSE27
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE27
ChineseGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Swanlea School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
198
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
329
2nd preference
269
3rd preference
207
From another Local Authority
35
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
183
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
218
130
88
Year 8
208
128
80
Year 9
209
143
66
Year 10
212
135
77
Year 11
205
131
74
Year 12
130
87
43
Year 13
122
72
50
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
92.7%
86.5%
Further education
24.0%
21.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
68.0%
66.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
3.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
90.0%
66.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
45.0%
16.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
45.0%
15.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020