The St Thomas the Apostle College
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Boys · Southwark
Hollydale Road, London, SE15 2EB
86
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
79%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
95.0%
12.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,140
Capacity used
Over capacity114%
1,000 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
79%
1st preference success rate
108 of 137 families who put it first got an offer
150
Places offered
379
Total applications
2.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 137 | 108 | ● 79% |
| 2nd preference | 104 | 25 | ● 24% |
| 3rd preference | 60 | 14 | ● 23% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 78 | 3 | ● 4% |
| Total | 379 | 150 | 40% |
1st preference success by year
Southwark lets families list 6 preferences. 122 applications came from outside the council area (50 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
- Boys
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Eamon Connolly
- Address
- Hollydale Road, Nunhead, London, SE15 2EB
- Phone
- 02076390106
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Ward / constituency
- Nunhead & Queen's Road · Peckham
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 100857
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 46% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 35% | — | — |
| SEN support | 10% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,140 pupils · 1,000 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
06 November 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 834 pupils
Attendance
95.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
12.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
0.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.3%
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 | 60.5 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 1.45 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 72% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 86% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.63 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 41.79 | — | — |
Average grade: B+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 61.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 72% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 86.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 69.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.69 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 161 | — |
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 | 42.16 | 35 |
| Average grade | B+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 29.9% | 17% |
| A-level students | 134 | — |
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 | 160 | 48% | 78% | 89% | |
| English Language | 160 | 36% | 77% | 87% | |
| English Literature | 160 | 40% | 79% | 93% | |
| Religious Studies | 155 | 63% | 90% | 95% | |
| Combined Science | 131 | 33% | 74% | 86% | |
| History | 81 | 44% | 79% | 89% | |
| Italian | 62 | 42% | 76% | 97% | |
| Geography | 57 | 51% | 91% | 96% | |
| French | 54 | 48% | 74% | 81% | |
| Economics | 27 | 70% | 96% | 96% | |
| Computer Science | 27 | 52% | 93% | 96% | |
| Biology | 26 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 91 | 16% | 44% | 70% | |
| Economics | 39 | 13% | 64% | 87% | |
| Chemistry | 38 | 11% | 39% | 74% | |
| Physics | 28 | 11% | 36% | 50% | |
| Psychology | 28 | 18% | 39% | 75% | |
| Biology | 27 | 19% | 41% | 70% | |
| Sociology | 24 | 33% | 67% | 92% | |
| Business Studies | 17 | 0% | 6% | 59% | |
| Religious Studies | 15 | 7% | 47% | 73% | |
| English Literature | 15 | 7% | 20% | 60% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 15 | 20% | 60% | 93% | |
| Computer Science | 13 | 0% | 31% | 77% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 19600: The St Thomas the Apostle College
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 8 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | 0% |
| 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) | 84% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 4% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 84% | — | — |
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.