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Admissions (5 entries)
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We encourage applications from the whole of Tower Hamlets and surrounding boroughs although priority will be given to applications from a certain area. Full details on admissions can be ...
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In line with the inclusive ethos of the school any child of the correct age will be able to apply to the school. Should the school become oversubscribed a system will ...
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There is not a defined catchment area. However, in the event of oversubscription to the school priority is given to children living closest to the school. Please seen the question on ...
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No. The school is funded by the government in the same way as other state schools.
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No. Children of all abilities are welcomed into the school.
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Size, structure, site (7 entries)
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The initial intake for year 7 in September 2012 is 84 children, building annually with the same number per year to a total capacity of 420 students, aged between 11 and ...
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Wapping High School is run by a highly qualified Headteacher (Paul Guénault) with an outstanding team of professionally qualified teachers.
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The main, temporary site (September 2012 - July 2013) is at St George-in-the-East supported by other local specialist facilities. The permanent site will be at 153-157 Commercial Road from September 2013. ...
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Wapping High School is admitting 84 children to enter year 7 in September 2013 who have been offered places from a highly oversubscribed apllication process. The school does operate a waiting ...
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There are 4 classes of 21 students in each year group, although their lessons will be in a number of different sized groups and learning structures.
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Wapping High School is committed to equality of opportunity and champions the achievement of all students through personalised curriculum and excellent support
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No. Wapping High School is an academy and is funded directly by the Government using the same formulae as all other state schools. There may be charges for lunch, trips and ...
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School policies (2 entries)
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At the moment the school has a dress code that requires all to be dressed in a smart, professional fashion and ready to achieve. Part of the community ethos of the ...
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We offer a wide range of enrichment activities on four days of the week and all students take part in activities of their choice. These currently include climbing, photography, indoor ...
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Background information (3 entries)
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The Trust are a diverse group of people who live in Wapping, Limehouse and Shadwell. They have no particular political affiliation and come from a mixed ethnic and economic backgrounds. ...
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Wapping, Shadwell and Limehouse are home to eight well-supported primary schools, attended by around 2,000 pupils drawn from a genuinely mixed community. Yet when they reach the age of 11, a ...
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According to the Office of National Statistics there were 770 teenagers between the ages of 10 & 19 living in Wapping in 2008.
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Free schools and local authority schools (2 entries)
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Free schools are not-for-profit schools set up by parents, teachers and other groups, using public funding. Now that the school is open it will operate as an academy.
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Free schools are funded the same way as other schools, via a grant based on head count from the Department for Education, however sponsorship is also possible from businesses or other ...
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