Notre Dame Catholic Girls' School
Secondary · Academy converter · Girls · Southwark
118 St George's Road, London, SE1 6EX
64
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Graded 19/03/2024
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
91.4%
27.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
354
Capacity used
Has space57%
620 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
18 of 18 families who put it first got an offer
41
Places offered
140
Total applications
3.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 18 | 18 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 28 | 9 | ● 32% |
| 3rd preference | 28 | 5 | ● 18% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 66 | 4 | ● 6% |
| Total | 140 | 36 | 26% |
1st preference success by year
Southwark lets families list 6 preferences. 35 applications came from outside the council area (8 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
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Blon Byrne
- Address
- 118 St George's Road, London, SE1 6EX
- Phone
- 02072611121
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Ward / constituency
- St George's · Bermondsey and Old Southwark
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 149369
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 57% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 20% | — | — |
| SEN support | 3% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ST OSCAR ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
354 pupils · 620 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
19 March 2024
Full graded inspection
Requires improvement overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Requires improvement
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 482 pupils
Attendance
91.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
27.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.8%
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 | 44.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.25 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 40% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 63% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.08 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 32.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 53.4% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 37.1% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 116 | — |
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 | 115 | 11% | 37% | 55% | |
| English Language | 115 | 12% | 48% | 70% | |
| English Literature | 113 | 14% | 62% | 76% | |
| Religious Studies | 105 | 21% | 54% | 64% | |
| Combined Science | 87 | 3% | 25% | 49% | |
| History | 45 | 7% | 51% | 69% | |
| Geography | 42 | 17% | 40% | 55% | |
| Spanish | 38 | 37% | 53% | 68% | |
| Art and Design | 28 | 4% | 46% | 64% | |
| Biology | 27 | 33% | 81% | 96% | |
| Physics | 26 | 35% | 77% | 85% | |
| Chemistry | 26 | 38% | 85% | 88% |
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.