Notre Dame Catholic Girls' School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Mar 19 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Southwark
Unique reference
149369
Address
118 St George's Road, SE1 6EX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
445 (81% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
22.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
44.7%
Persistent absence
25.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
3.8%
Pupil ethnicities
EthnicityPercentage
Caribbean8.5%
Mixed10.8%
Other12.4%
Other Black18%
African37.3%
White British
3.8%
Other Asian
3.6%
Other White
2.7%
Unclassified
1.3%
Pakistani
0.7%
Bangladeshi
0.7%
Irish
0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

AreaResult
School
37%
Local authority average
67%
England average
41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

AreaResult
School
33%
Local authority average
55%
England average
45%

Attainment 8 score

NameValue
School
42.8
Local authority average
52.1
England average
46

EBacc average point score

NameValue
School
3.8
Local authority average
4.82
England average
4.09
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award19
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE12
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE16
BiologyGCSE27
Business Studies:SingleGCSE2
ChemistryGCSE26
English LanguageGCSE115
English LiteratureGCSE113
FrenchGCSE7
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Notre Dame Catholic Girls' School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
41
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
18
2nd preference
28
3rd preference
28
From another Local Authority
35
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
18
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
8
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 classes22.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
50
0
50
Year 8
67
0
67
Year 9
75
0
75
Year 10
120
0
120
Year 11
133
0
133
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
91.7%
85.5%
Further education
14.0%
21.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
58.0%
59.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
22.0%
10.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
0.9%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023