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Morpeth School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 48 47.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
47.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
44.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
12.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.24 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 49.2[6] 43.3%[6]
2023/24 50.3[4] 50.8%[4] +0.24[4]
2022/23 50.2[7] 48%[7] +0.30[7]
2021/22 48.2[8] 59%[8] -0.36[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
4.5% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C[10] 7.4%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 9.7%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 9.2%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 11.8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
69% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
22% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2020/21[15]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[16] 77%[16] 3%[16] 14%[16] 2%[16]
2020/21 95%[15] 71%[15] 3%[15] 19%[15] 0%[15] 1%[15]
2019/20 96%[17] 70%[17] 3%[17] 22%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 60%[18] 2%[18] 29%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
84% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
64% 2022/23[19]
Education
67% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
15% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[20] 66%[20] 67%[20] 4%[20] 14%[20]
2020/21 88%[21] 73%[21] 74%[21] 3%[21] 12%[21]
2019/20 83%[22] 72%[22] 74%[22] 4%[22] 6%[22]
2018/19 89%[23] 70%[23] 75%[23] 3%[23] 10%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
72% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
19% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
26% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 81%[26] 27%[26]
2019/20 84%[25] 26%[25] 26%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 85%[27] 24%[27] 22%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 74%[28] 20%[28] 18%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
8 Mar 2023[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
20 Jun 2023[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.2 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
486 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
177 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
219 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 582[30] 209[30] 222[30] 2.6[30] 0.9[30]
Entry Sept 2024 670[30] 232[30] 222[30] 3.0[30] 1.0[30]
Entry Sept 2023 732[30] 249[30] 219[30] 3.3[30] 1.1[30]
Entry Sept 2022 736[30] 279[30] 221[30] 3.3[30] 1.3[30]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1600[1]
Local authority
Tower Hamlets[1]
Website
http://www.morpethschool.org.uk/[1]
District
Tower Hamlets[31]
Postcode
E2 0PX[1]
URN
100967[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1513 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
57.4% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
12.4% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
7.1% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
55.2% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
19.5%[33]
Mixed
7.3%[33]
Asian
58.1%[33]
Black
12%[33]
Any other ethnic group
1.9%[33]
Unclassified
1.3%[33]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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