Swanlea School

Type Secondary / Community school
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address 31 Brady Street
Whitechapel
London
E1 5DJ
Phone 02073753267
Reference Number 100973

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1304
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 63.34%
Girls: 36.66%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 43.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 36.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22

Year Groups

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

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 4.8%
Mixed, Other 3.2%
White, Other 2.1%
Pakistani 1.5%
Indian 0.5%
Asian, Other 0.5%
White, British 0.3%
White & Asian 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
White & Black (African) 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
 >  Quality of education Outstanding
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Outstanding
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Outstanding
  >  Sixth Form Provision Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2024-06-13
Date Description Report
2024-04-24 School inspection: School inspection:
2013-07-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-06-14 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2009-03-03 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2008-11-18 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2007-02-02 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2005-04-18 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
56.2 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 65.4% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 81.5% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 37.03 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 37.25 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade B- C C+
Average Grade (best 3) B- C+ C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 16.3% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 269 8
Third Preference 207 6
From another Local Authority 35 1

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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