Saint Cecilia's Church of England School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 28 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Wandsworth
Unique reference
141808
Address
Sutherland Grove, SW18 5JR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1036 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
54.8%
Girls
45.2%
First language not English
14.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
21.5%
Persistent absence
18.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 41.6%
Other White 13.9%
Other Black 9.1%
Mixed 8.9%
Unclassified 5.4%
African 4.8%
Caribbean 4.2%
Other 4.2%
Pakistani 2.9%
Other Asian 2.5%
Chinese 1.4%
Indian 0.7%
Irish 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity % and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.1
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.33
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 29%
Local authority average 62%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%
Local authority average 56%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.8
Local authority average 50.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.73
Local authority average 4.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE43
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE10
BiologyGCSE57
ChemistryGCSE57
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE31
English LanguageGCSE145
English LiteratureGCSE144
FrenchGCSE21
GeographyGCSE57
HistoryGCSE83
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Saint Cecilia's Church of England School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
180
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
235
2nd preference
245
3rd preference
173
From another Local Authority
287
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
150
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
50
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.5
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
187
106
81
Year 8
191
103
88
Year 9
153
74
79
Year 10
158
97
61
Year 11
147
80
67
Year 12
104
52
52
Year 13
96
56
40
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
93.9%
86.5%
Further education
19.0%
13.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
69.0%
76.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
3.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
2.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.3%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
80.0%
81.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
34.0%
25.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
30.0%
23.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
0.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020
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