St George's Catholic School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
Outstanding
Jan 28 2025 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Westminster
Unique reference
139369
Address
Lanark Road, Maida Vale, W9 1RB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1153 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
54.2%
Girls
45.8%
First language not English
29%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.8%
Persistent absence
18.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.7%
Pupil ethnicities
Other White 21.6%
African 18.6%
Other Asian 12.5%
Mixed 12%
White British 11.8%
Other 9.4%
Caribbean 4.5%
Other Black 3.9%
Indian 2.9%
Unclassified 1.3%
Chinese 0.6%
Pakistani 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 71%
Local authority average 68%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 58%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 55.6
Local authority average 53
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.16
Local authority average 4.94
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award12
Health StudiesTechnical Award20
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE28
Business Studies:SingleGCSE97
ChemistryGCSE28
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
Design & TechnologyGCSE39
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

St George's Catholic School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
206
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
156
2nd preference
157
3rd preference
101
From another Local Authority
385
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
140
2nd preference
39
3rd preference
14
To another Local Authority
145
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
202
100
102
Year 8
162
89
73
Year 9
172
106
66
Year 10
181
92
89
Year 11
169
99
70
Year 12
146
69
77
Year 13
121
70
51
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
91.2%
85.5%
Further education
10.0%
18.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
73.0%
65.0%
35.2%
Sixth form college
9.0%
7.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
3.8%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
74.0%
74.1%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
20.0%
30.0%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022