St Catherine's Catholic School
Secondary · Academy converter · Girls · Bexley
Watling Street, Bexleyheath, DA6 7QJ
80
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 14/06/2022
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
95.0%
13.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,021
Capacity used
Nearly full97%
1,050 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
119 of 119 families who put it first got an offer
204
Places offered
407
Total applications
2.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 119 | 119 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 101 | 38 | ● 38% |
| 3rd preference | 63 | 19 | ● 30% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 124 | 26 | ● 21% |
| Total | 407 | 202 | 50% |
1st preference success by year
Bexley lets families list 6 preferences. 101 applications came from outside the council area (44 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Nicola Thompson
- Address
- Watling Street, Bexleyheath, DA6 7QJ
- Phone
- 01322556333
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Ward / constituency
- Bexleyheath · Bexleyheath and Crayford
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 137681
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 15% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 11% | — | — |
| SEN support | 4% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ST CATHERINE'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL
1,021 pupils · 1,050 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
14 June 2022
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,083 pupils
Attendance
95.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
13.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.8%
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 | 55.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.75 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 63% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 81% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.05 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 55.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 58.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 85.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 65.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.96 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 210 | — |
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.
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 | 210 | 21% | 61% | 86% | |
| English Language | 210 | 18% | 70% | 87% | |
| English Literature | 209 | 28% | 86% | 95% | |
| Religious Studies | 207 | 53% | 84% | 90% | |
| Combined Science | 152 | 9% | 50% | 70% | |
| Geography | 150 | 26% | 67% | 78% | |
| Business | 81 | 20% | 65% | 78% | |
| Spanish | 80 | 28% | 64% | 85% | |
| Social Studies | 76 | 14% | 58% | 79% | |
| French | 60 | 27% | 77% | 83% | |
| Biology | 58 | 19% | 79% | 90% | |
| Physics | 57 | 30% | 75% | 93% |
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 Bexley 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.