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The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overie[1]

Primary · ages 3–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 93% 93% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
93% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
41% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
109 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
111 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 92%[4] 32%[4] 110[4] 111[4]
2022/23 97%[5] 33%[5] 108[5] 110[5]
2018/19 93%[6] 33%[6] 109[6] 109[6]
2017/18 100%[7] 54%[7] 113[7] 113[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
7 Dec 2022[8]
Type
S5 Inspection[8]
Report published
30 Jan 2023[8]
Personal development
Outstanding[8]
Quality of education
Outstanding[8]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[8]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[8]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[8]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[8]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[8]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
4.1 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Applications (any preference)
124 Entry Sept 2026[9]
First preferences
28 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Places offered
30 Entry Sept 2026[9]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 122[9] 35[9] 30[9] 4.1[9] 1.2[9]
Entry Sept 2024 108[9] 34[9] 30[9] 3.6[9] 1.1[9]
Entry Sept 2023 103[9] 30[9] 30[9] 3.4[9] 1.0[9]
Entry Sept 2022 122[9] 30[9] 30[9] 4.1[9] 1.0[9]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages
3–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Church of England[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
210[1]
Local authority
Southwark[1]
Website
https://www.thecathedralschool.co.uk[1]
District
Southwark[10]
Postcode
SE1 1HG[1]
URN
100840[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
219 2024/25[11]
English as an additional language
18.7% 2024/25[11]
SEN support
12.8% 2024/25[11]
EHC plan
2.3% 2024/25[11]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
23% 2024/25[11]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
46.5%[12]
Mixed
13.4%[12]
Asian
3.2%[12]
Black
31.3%[12]
Any other ethnic group
1.8%[12]
Unclassified
3.7%[12]

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.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.