Canary Wharf College Crossharbour

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
May 9 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
Christian
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Unique reference
142879
Address
7 Selsdon Way, E14 9GL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
462 (82% of total capacity)
Boys
48.9%
Girls
51.1%
First language not English
27.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
33.8%
Persistent absence
17.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 25.8%
Other White 24.2%
Mixed 15.6%
Bangladeshi 12.1%
African 5.6%
Chinese 4.3%
Other 3.7%
Caribbean 3.5%
Indian 2.4%
Other Black 1.3%
Other Asian 1.1%
Unclassified 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

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

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 57%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.8
Local authority average 47.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.72
Local authority average 4.26
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award37
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE8
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE24
BiologyGCSE40
ChemistryGCSE40
ChineseGCSE3
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE26
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE26
English LanguageGCSE103
English LiteratureGCSE101
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Canary Wharf College Crossharbour

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
75
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
81
2nd preference
119
3rd preference
45
From another Local Authority
25
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
67
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
4
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 classes25.2
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
81
42
39
Year 8
109
58
51
Year 9
77
38
39
Year 10
91
44
47
Year 11
104
44
60
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
92.3%
85.5%
Further education
35.0%
23.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
44.0%
65.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
8.0%
3.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
3.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
2.1%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023