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La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 53 53.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
53.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
60.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
16.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.22 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 48.8[6] 45.2%[6]
2023/24 51.8[4] 51.8%[4] +0.22[4]
2022/23 50.3[7] 59%[7] +0.41[7]
2021/22 53.2[8] 71%[8] +0.22[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
4.3% 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] 8.6%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 3.7%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 2%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 11.5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
78% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
4% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
14% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 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 98%[15] 79%[15] 1%[15] 16%[15] 0%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 82%[16] 4%[16] 10%[16] 0%[16] 0%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 80%[17] 5%[17] 10%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 76%[18] 8%[18] 8%[18] 0%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
60% 2022/23[19]
Education
67% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
16% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[20] 71%[20] 74%[20] 1%[20] 16%[20]
2020/21 93%[21] 80%[21] 81%[21] 3%[21] 9%[21]
2019/20 83%[22] 65%[22] 72%[22] 3%[22] 9%[22]
2018/19 91%[23] 77%[23] 79%[23] 3%[23] 8%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
82% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
13% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
13% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 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 86%[26] 21%[26]
2019/20 83%[25] 15%[25] 13%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 87%[27] 26%[27] 19%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 82%[28] 20%[28] 16%[28] 0%[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
13 Dec 2023[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
30 Jan 2024[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.1 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
317 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
91 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
150 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 336[30] 116[30] 163[30] 2.1[30] 0.7[30]
Entry Sept 2024 318[30] 90[30] 140[30] 2.3[30] 0.6[30]
Entry Sept 2023 316[30] 106[30] 161[30] 2.0[30] 0.7[30]
Entry Sept 2022 305[30] 70[30] 132[30] 2.3[30] 0.5[30]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
168 Entry Sept 2026[31]

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
1140[1]
Local authority
Lambeth[1]
Website
laretraite.co.uk[1]
District
Lambeth[32]
Postcode
SW12 0AB[1]
URN
100637[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1219 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
54.8% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
5.8% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
1.7% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
45.4% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
10.4%[34]
Mixed
8.9%[34]
Asian
9.3%[34]
Black
60.6%[34]
Any other ethnic group
9.7%[34]
Unclassified
1.2%[34]

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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  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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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  31. laretraite.co.uk: laretraite.co.uk — Admissions Policy 2026 (PDF). Period 2025-04-13. Archived copy; original. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    The published admission number is 168. (p. 2)
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