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Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 59 58.6 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B B 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
58.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
67.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
25.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.74 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 57.7[6] 61.6%[6]
2023/24 59.4[4] 70.4%[4] +0.74[4]
2022/23 57.7[7] 67%[7] +0.77[7]
2021/22 60.3[8] 71%[8] +0.62[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
25% 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 B[10] 20.2%[10]
2022/23 B[11] 20%[11]
2021/22 B+[12] 25.3%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 9.2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
74% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
3% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
19% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 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] 77%[15] 4%[15] 13%[15] 0%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 78%[16] 6%[16] 12%[16] 0%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 77%[17] 3%[17] 15%[17] 0%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 99%[18] 74%[18] 11%[18] 12%[18] 0%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[19]
Education
76% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
14% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[20] 80%[20] 4%[20] 9%[20]
2020/21 93%[21] 81%[21] 2%[21] 9%[21]
2019/20 92%[22] 77%[22] 4%[22] 11%[22]
2018/19 85%[23] 72%[23] 3%[23] 10%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
84% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
30% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
24% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
3% 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 89%[26] 43%[26]
2019/20 84%[25] 28%[25] 24%[25] 3%[25]
2018/19 80%[27] 22%[27] 17%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 89%[28] 31%[28] 24%[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
25 Feb 2025[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
30 Apr 2025[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
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
4.4 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
770 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
304 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
176 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
1.7 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 692[30] 238[30] 176[30] 3.9[30] 1.4[30]
Entry Sept 2024 760[30] 225[30] 176[30] 4.3[30] 1.3[30]
Entry Sept 2023 757[30] 233[30] 176[30] 4.3[30] 1.3[30]
Entry Sept 2022 809[30] 259[30] 174[30] 4.6[30] 1.5[30]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1200[1]
Local authority
Lambeth[1]
Website
http://www.btg.ac/[1]
District
Lambeth[31]
Postcode
SW16 2HY[1]
URN
100638[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1179 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
42.2% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
14.8% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
3.1% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
24.1% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
54.8%[33]
Mixed
11%[33]
Asian
2.8%[33]
Black
24.1%[33]
Any other ethnic group
7.2%[33]
Unclassified
0%[33]

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

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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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