Canary Wharf College Crossharbour

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
May 10 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
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
484 (86% of total capacity)
Boys
47.3%
Girls
52.7%
First language not English
25.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
33.9%
Persistent absence
18.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 25.8%
Other White 24%
Mixed 15.9%
Bangladeshi 11%
African 6.2%
Other 4.3%
Chinese 3.7%
Caribbean 3.5%
Indian 1.7%
Other Asian 1.7%
Other Black 1.4%
Unclassified 0.6%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.13
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 78%
Local authority average 59%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 58%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.6
Local authority average 48.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.73
Local authority average 4.31
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award5
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE8
Art & DesignGCSE5
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE13
BiologyGCSE26
ChemistryGCSE26
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
English LanguageGCSE79
English LiteratureGCSE71
Year 2022-2023

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
153
2nd preference
108
3rd preference
51
From another Local Authority
38
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
72
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
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 classes24.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
114
58
56
Year 8
84
41
43
Year 9
102
46
56
Year 10
108
46
62
Year 11
76
38
38
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
92.7%
86.5%
Further education
42.0%
21.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
39.0%
66.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
3.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
1.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
13.0%
4.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022