St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Girls · Southwark
New Kent Road, London, SE1 4AN
80
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 16/11/2022
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.5%
24.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
620
Capacity used
Has space75%
825 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
45 of 45 families who put it first got an offer
91
Places offered
206
Total applications
2.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 45 | 45 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 52 | 22 | ● 42% |
| 3rd preference | 44 | 8 | ● 18% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 65 | 3 | ● 5% |
| Total | 206 | 78 | 38% |
1st preference success by year
Southwark lets families list 6 preferences. 32 applications came from outside the council area (16 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Michelle Ferguson
- Address
- New Kent Road, London, SE1 4AN
- Phone
- 02074071843
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Ward / constituency
- Chaucer · Bermondsey and Old Southwark
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 100849
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 53% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 36% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
620 pupils · 825 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
16 November 2022
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessSixth form Good Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 548 pupils
Attendance
92.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
24.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
0.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 56.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.58 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 65% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 77% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.86 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 31.62 | — | — |
Average grade: C (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 52.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 54% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 73.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 37.3% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.43 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 126 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 31.22 | 35 |
| Average grade | C | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 14.3% | 17% |
| A-level students | 43 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 127 | 26% | 57% | 76% | |
| English Language | 126 | 21% | 69% | 80% | |
| Religious Studies | 126 | 40% | 75% | 83% | |
| English Literature | 126 | 23% | 69% | 82% | |
| Combined Science | 74 | 15% | 43% | 55% | |
| Biology | 52 | 19% | 81% | 98% | |
| Physics | 52 | 29% | 77% | 94% | |
| Chemistry | 52 | 35% | 85% | 94% | |
| Spanish | 51 | 27% | 47% | 71% | |
| History | 47 | 32% | 60% | 72% | |
| Geography | 42 | 10% | 38% | 57% | |
| French | 26 | 31% | 54% | 58% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology | 18 | 0% | 11% | 44% | |
| English Literature | 8 | 0% | 13% | 25% | |
| Psychology | 7 | 0% | 14% | 43% | |
| Mathematics | 6 | 0% | 33% | 50% | |
| Religious Studies | 6 | 0% | 0% | 33% | |
| Media / Film / TV Studies | 6 | 0% | 17% | 17% | |
| Biology | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chemistry | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Economics | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Art and Design | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Photography | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Computer Science | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 11984: St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 68% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 3% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 69% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Southwark council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.