St Michael's Catholic College
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Southwark
Llewellyn Street, London, SE16 4UN
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 29/04/2025
Application demand
59%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
95.0%
12.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
948
Capacity used
Nearly full97%
980 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
59%
1st preference success rate
126 of 215 families who put it first got an offer
145
Places offered
571
Total applications
3.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 215 | 126 | ● 59% |
| 2nd preference | 126 | 11 | ● 9% |
| 3rd preference | 101 | 4 | ● 4% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 129 | 4 | ● 3% |
| Total | 571 | 145 | 25% |
Southwark lets families list 6 preferences. 166 applications came from outside the council area (69 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
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Catholic
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Joanne Nottage
- Address
- Llewellyn Street, London, SE16 4UN
- Phone
- 02072326432
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Ward / constituency
- North Bermondsey · Bermondsey and Old Southwark
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 150937
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 37% | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | — | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ST BENEDICT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
948 pupils · 980 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
29 April 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessSixth form Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 774 pupils
Attendance
95.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
12.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.4%
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 over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 58 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 66% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 83% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 86.4% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.49 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 147 | — |
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 | 37.1 | 35 |
| Average grade | B- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 15% | 17% |
| A-level students | 93 | — |
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 | 147 | 32% | 67% | 84% | |
| English Language | 147 | 27% | 76% | 88% | |
| Religious Studies | 146 | 55% | 82% | 88% | |
| English Literature | 146 | 38% | 85% | 92% | |
| Combined Science | 111 | 14% | 59% | 82% | |
| Spanish | 93 | 47% | 69% | 80% | |
| History | 76 | 45% | 78% | 87% | |
| Geography | 67 | 39% | 75% | 85% | |
| French | 60 | 42% | 72% | 82% | |
| Business | 37 | 27% | 78% | 86% | |
| Biology | 36 | 53% | 64% | 67% | |
| Chemistry | 36 | 50% | 64% | 64% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 28 | 4% | 32% | 43% | |
| Psychology | 23 | 13% | 26% | 87% | |
| History | 20 | 5% | 15% | 60% | |
| Economics | 20 | 0% | 25% | 55% | |
| Geography | 19 | 11% | 26% | 53% | |
| Business Studies | 18 | 6% | 17% | 56% | |
| Biology | 15 | 7% | 33% | 60% | |
| Sociology | 14 | 7% | 36% | 79% | |
| Chemistry | 13 | 8% | 38% | 62% | |
| English Literature | 13 | 15% | 31% | 77% | |
| Religious Studies | 12 | 0% | 25% | 50% | |
| Physics | 11 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 18957: St Michael's Catholic College
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 10 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
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.
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) |
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.