Central Foundation Girls' School
0.5 miles1,526 pupils · Attainment 8 54.3 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
State-funded · Secondary · Tower Hamlets
Mulberry UTC
University technical college · Ages 14 to 19 · Mixed · 536 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- University technical college (state-funded)
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 14 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 536 census January 2026
- Capacity
- 800
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Head
- Mr Daniel Seed
- Trust
- MULBERRY SCHOOLS TRUST
- Address
- 64 Parnell Road, London, E3 2RU
- Borough
- Tower Hamlets
- Telephone
- 02031377024
- DfE reference (URN)
- 144756
- Website
- mulberryutc.org
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Where leavers went
Official destination measures after GCSEs (key stage 4)
| Staying in education or employment for at least 2 terms after key stage 4 | 76% |
|---|---|
| In a sustained education destination | 64% |
| Going to a school sixth form | 28% |
| Going to a sixth-form college | 12% |
| Going to a further education college or other FE provider | 24% |
| In a sustained apprenticeship | 4% |
| In sustained employment | 8% |
| Whose destination was not sustained | 12% |
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2022/23 cohort · last checked 9 October 2026 · 25 leavers, cohort that left in 2022/23
Official destination measures after 16 to 18 study
| Staying in education, apprenticeship or employment for at least 2 terms after 16-18 study | 73% |
|---|---|
| Progressing to higher education | 51% |
| Progressing to further education | 0% |
| In a sustained apprenticeship | 6% |
| In sustained employment | 16% |
| Whose destination was not sustained | 24% |
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2022/23 cohort · last checked 9 October 2026 · 122 leavers, cohort that left in 2022/23
These are destinations schools have published for past leavers. They describe what happened, not what will happen for any one child. How to read this.
Admissions
You apply through the council where you live, not to the school, naming up to six schools in order on one form. Every applicant on time hears on the same national offer day.
Tower Hamlets: Year 7 offers, September 2026 entry
Across the borough, 79.1% of applicants were offered their first preference and 96.6% were offered one of their preferences (2,716 applications). These are borough-wide figures, not a forecast for any school or child.
Source: Department for Education, Secondary and primary schools applications and offers 2026 · entry years 2014/15 to 2026/27 (release published 2026-06-18) · last checked 9 October 2026
Inspection
Ofsted graded inspection, 18 March 2025
No overall grade was given: Ofsted had stopped using one for state schools.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth-form provision
- Good
Last overall grade: Good, given on 10 March 2020
Historic. This is the last time Ofsted gave the school a single overall grade. Overall grades were abolished for state schools in September 2024.
Source: Ofsted, Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 31 August 2026 · latest inspections as at 2026-08-31 · last checked 9 October 2026
Results
GCSE (key stage 4), 2024/25
- Attainment 8 score2022/23: 35.5 · 2023/24: 34.130.3This school47.4Tower Hamlets46.1England, state-funded
- % achieving grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs2022/23: 36% · 2023/24: 28%18%This school48%Tower Hamlets45%England, state-funded
- % achieving grade 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs2022/23: 52% · 2023/24: 48%35%This school67%Tower Hamlets65%England, state-funded
- % entering the English Baccalaureate2022/23: 0% · 2023/24: 4%0%This school54%Tower Hamlets40%England, state-funded
- EBacc average point score2022/23: 2.60 · 2023/24: 2.732.28This school4.27Tower Hamlets4.09England, state-funded
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 40 pupils in the cohort
A level (16 to 18), 2024/25
- A level average result, expressed as a grade2022/23: D · 2023/24: DD+This schoolCTower HamletsB-England, state-funded
- A level average point score per entry2022/23: 18.8 · 2023/24: 19.722.4This school30.9Tower Hamlets35England, state-funded
- Average point score for a student's best 3 A levels2022/23: 18.9 · 2023/24: 20.622.3This school30.8Tower Hamlets35.8England, state-funded
- % of A level students achieving AAB or higher including at least 2 facilitating subjects2022/23: 0% · 2023/24: 0%0%This school7%Tower Hamlets18%England, state-funded
- A level value added score2023/24: -0.71-0.59This school-0.03England, state-funded
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 78 pupils in the cohort
Pupils and context
- Eligible for free school meals
- 44% January 2026
- English as an additional language
- 39%
- Receiving SEN support
- 9.6%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 1.8%
- Girls / boys
- 75% / 25%
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Attendance and staffing
- Overall absence
- 16.4% 2024/25
- Persistently absent (missed 10% or more)
- 58.3%
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3 2025/26
Source: Department for Education, Absence rates by school level · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026
Places
- Places
- 800
- Pupils on roll
- 501
Source: Department for Education, Capacity - school / Sixth form capacity - school · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · position at 1 May, 2024/25
Nearby schools
Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).
Bobby Moore Academy
0.6 miles971 pupils · Attainment 8 45.6 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy
0.7 miles838 pupils · Attainment 8 64.3 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
Compare with similar schools
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