Langdon Park Community School

Langdon Park Community School is a secondary school serving a disadvantaged area of Poplar, with a much higher-than-average proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals and a well-above-average proportion of pupils with education, health and care plans. Its April 2026 inspection found safeguarding standards met and the school meeting expected standards across achievement, attendance and behaviour, curriculum and teaching, inclusion, leadership and governance, personal development and wellbeing, and post-16 provision. Pupils attend regularly, behave well, feel safe and are generally well prepared for their next steps. Notable strengths include the support and outcomes for disadvantaged pupils, whose Year 11 results are above national averages for their peers, and the attendance of pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils, which is above national averages. Pastoral support is a particular strength, and pupils benefit from a broad curriculum, wide-ranging wider opportunities, and a well-considered careers programme. The sixth form has improved in attendance, curriculum, teaching and culture, with vocational outcomes well above national averages. The main areas for further work are consistency. Some progress measures are below national averages, some A-level outcomes have historically been below national averages, and teaching does not always check understanding or address misconceptions as effectively as it could, allowing gaps to develop. Literacy and numeracy catch-up support is relatively new and not always precisely matched to pupils' needs, and leadership oversight is still developing in making sure staff training is consistently embedded across the school. Leaders have a clear understanding of these priorities and appropriate plans in place.

Strengths

• Disadvantaged pupils achieve above national averages at the end of Year 11.
• Attendance for pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils is above national averages.
• Pupils behave well in lessons and around the school, with low-level disruption rare.
• Pupils have positive attitudes to learning and feel safe and supported.
• Pastoral support is a strength, with strong wellbeing provision.
• The curriculum is broad, ambitious and designed to build knowledge progressively.
• Leaders identify and support pupils with SEND and other barriers effectively.
• The personal development programme provides a wide range of wider opportunities, clubs and trips.
• The careers programme and post-18 support are well considered.
• Sixth form vocational outcomes are well above the national average.
• Leaders have improved sixth form attendance, curriculum, teaching and culture.
• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open culture of safeguarding.
• Governors provide strong challenge and support.
• Leaders have built positive relationships with parents, carers and the local community.

Areas for Improvement

• Some progress measures are below the national average.
• Outcomes in some A-level subjects have been below the national average in previous years.
• Teaching does not always consistently check pupils' understanding and address misconceptions, so gaps can develop.
• Literacy and numeracy catch-up support is relatively new and is not always precisely matched to pupils' next learning needs.
• Leadership oversight is still developing in ensuring staff training is consistently put into practice across the school.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Langdon Park Community School attended 92.1% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 23.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 6.5% of pupils at Langdon Park Community School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Langdon Park Community School had 14.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.4% of pupils at Langdon Park Community School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 6.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Langdon Park Community School received £11,992 and spent £11,782 for each of its 1,055 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £2,091,000 (£1,982 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Langdon Park Community School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Langdon Park Community School is Expected standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Langdon Park Community School last inspected by Ofsted?

Langdon Park Community School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Langdon Park Community School have?

Langdon Park Community School has 1,055 pupils on roll.

What age range does Langdon Park Community School cover?

Langdon Park Community School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Langdon Park Community School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 46.6, and 51% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Langdon Park Community School?

Langdon Park Community School is at Bright Street, Poplar, London, E14 0RZ.