Langdon Park Community School
Bright Street, Poplar, London, E14 0RZ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr N Langham
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 950
- Pupils on roll
- 1,055
- URN
- 100966
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02079874811
About this school
Langdon Park Community School is a community secondary school in London. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,055 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 177 | 167 | 178 |
| Attainment 8 score | 49.2 | 44.0 | 43.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.13 -0.34 to +0.09 | -0.34 -0.56 to -0.12 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% | 36.5% | 46.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% | 57.5% | 60.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 49% | 42.5% | 44.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Langdon Park Community School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Tower Hamlets average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 49.2 | 44.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 44 | 44 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 43.5 | 43.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,074 |
| 2023/24 | 1,076 |
| 2024/25 | 1,061 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Langdon Park Community School compares
Langdon Park Community School ranked 15th of 17 secondary schools in Tower Hamlets for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 51% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 17% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43.5 | 7.9% | 64.2% | 1,055 | — |
| Bow School | 43.2 | 6.9% | 57.5% | 1,126 | 0.6 miles |
| Harris Science Academy East London | 56.9 | 6.7% | 53.2% | 513 | 0.9 miles |
| Central Foundation Girls' School | 54.3 | 7.1% | 56.5% | 1,526 | 1.1 miles |
| Eastlea Community School | 41.6 | 9.5% | 56.9% | 593 | 1.1 miles |
| Rokeby School | 50.8 | 9% | 56% | 473 | 1.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 64.15%
- English as an additional language
- 59.9%
- Overall absence
- 7.9%
- Persistent absence
- 23.54%
Location
Nearby schools
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Bow School0.6 miles
Secondary · London
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Harris Science Academy East London0.9 miles
Secondary · London
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Central Foundation Girls' School1.1 miles
Secondary · London
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Eastlea Community School1.1 miles
Secondary · London
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Rokeby School1.2 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in London
Langdon Park Community School ranks 211th of the 258 ranked secondary schools in London.
- Acland Burghley School Secondary
- Ada Lovelace Church of England High School Secondary
- Addey and Stanhope School Secondary
- AIM Academy North London Secondary
- Alexandra Park School Secondary
- All Saints Catholic College Secondary
- All Saints Catholic High School Secondary
- Ark Acton Academy Secondary
- Ark All Saints Academy Secondary
- Ark Bolingbroke Academy Secondary
- Ark Burlington Danes Academy Secondary
- Ark Elvin Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Langdon Park Community School teach?
- Langdon Park Community School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Langdon Park Community School?
- The headteacher of Langdon Park Community School is Mr N Langham, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Langdon Park Community School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Langdon Park Community School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Langdon Park Community School?
- Langdon Park Community School has 1,055 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Langdon Park Community School full?
- Langdon Park Community School has capacity for 950 pupils and 1,055 on roll (111%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Langdon Park Community School a faith school?
- No. Langdon Park Community School has no designated religious character.
- Is Langdon Park Community School a selective school?
- No. Langdon Park Community School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Langdon Park Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 49.2 in 2022/23 and 43.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Langdon Park Community School rank locally?
- Langdon Park Community School ranked 15th of 17 secondary schools in Tower Hamlets for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 51% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 17% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Langdon Park Community School's absence rate?
- Langdon Park Community School's overall absence rate is 7.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Langdon Park Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Langdon Park Community School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.