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La Sainte Union Catholic Secondary School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 54 54.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
54.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
57.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
14.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.18 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 48.5[6] 42.4%[6]
2023/24 48.7[4] 46.6%[4] +0.18[4]
2022/23 49.6[7] 49%[7] +0.06[7]
2021/22 54[8] 63%[8] +0.30[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
3.6% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C+[10] 12.5%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 5.6%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 12.1%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
66% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
10% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
15% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[15] 58%[15] 15%[15] 23%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 71%[16] 13%[16] 11%[16] 1%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 99%[17] 77%[17] 10%[17] 10%[17] 1%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 98%[18] 69%[18] 8%[18] 18%[18] 1%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
62% 2022/23[19]
Education
66% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
22% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 86%[20] 69%[20] 71%[20] 2%[20] 13%[20]
2020/21 90%[21] 74%[21] 77%[21] 2%[21] 10%[21]
2019/20 82%[22] 69%[22] 74%[22] 2%[22] 7%[22]
2018/19 80%[23] 50%[23] 58%[23] 4%[23] 17%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
82% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
24% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
24% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 85%[26] 36%[26]
2019/20 85%[25] 24%[25] 24%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 65%[27] 13%[27] 9%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 76%[28] 19%[28] 17%[28] 1%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
3 Dec 2024[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
21 Jan 2025[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
2 Oct 2019[30] Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
Date not published[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.4 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
151 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
28 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
62 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.5 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 132[32] 21[32] 32[32] 4.1[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2024 180[32] 26[32] 59[32] 3.1[32] 0.4[32]
Entry Sept 2023 187[32] 34[32] 69[32] 2.7[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2022 239[32] 59[32] 155[32] 1.5[32] 0.4[32]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
120 Entry Sept 2026[33]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Faith
Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1219[1]
Local authority
Camden[1]
Website
http://www.lasainteunion.org.uk/[1]
District
Camden[34]
Postcode
NW5 1RP[1]
URN
100059[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
586 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
46.8% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
7.5% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
0.7% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
44.9% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
37.1%[36]
Mixed
14.2%[36]
Asian
6%[36]
Black
31.1%[36]
Any other ethnic group
8.4%[36]
Unclassified
3.3%[36]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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  33. lasainteunion.org.uk: lasainteunion.org.uk — Admissions Policy 2026-27 (PDF). Period 2025-10-28. Archived copy; original. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    The Governing Bo ard is the Admission Authority and has sole responsibility for admissions t o this school and intends to admit 120 girls, which is the Published Admission Number, to Year 7 in the school year which begins in September 2026. (p. 2)
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