The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 17 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
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
Kensington and Chelsea
Unique reference
141931
Address
89 Addison Road, W14 8BZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1022 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
84.4%
Girls
15.6%
First language not English
42%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.3%
Persistent absence
13.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 27.5%
Other White 22%
Mixed 15.5%
African 13.6%
Other 7.5%
Irish 6.1%
Other Asian 2.6%
Caribbean 2.1%
Indian 2%
Other Black 0.5%
Chinese 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.86
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.3
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 45%
Local authority average 48%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 76%
Local authority average 59%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 65.2
Local authority average 53.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.91
Local authority average 4.64
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE15
BiologyGCSE32
Business Studies:SingleGCSE46
ChemistryGCSE32
ChineseGCSE1
Classical CivilisationGCSE26
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE26
Design & TechnologyGCSE14
Applied EngineeringGCSE35
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
122
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
218
2nd preference
232
3rd preference
98
From another Local Authority
533
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
96
2nd preference
25
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
106
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 classes21.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
128
128
0
Year 8
126
126
0
Year 9
127
127
0
Year 10
126
126
0
Year 11
124
124
0
Year 12
197
118
79
Year 13
194
114
80
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
92.6%
86.5%
Further education
8.0%
16.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
89.0%
67.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
6.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
2.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
3.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.5%
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
89.0%
83.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
72.0%
36.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
67.0%
34.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
7.0%
2.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
0.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
0.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020