The St Thomas the Apostle College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 62 61.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL B+ B+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 61.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 73.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 30.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +1.45 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	Progress 8
2024/25	61.7[6]	72%[6]
2023/24	60.5[4]	72%[4]	+1.45[4]
2022/23	63.7[7]	78%[7]	+1.24[7]
2021/22	60.9[8]	76%[8]	+1.21[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: B+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 29.9% 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]	31.6%[10]
2022/23	B+[11]	26.4%[11]
2021/22	B+[12]	29.6%[12]
2018/19	B[13]	22.4%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 97% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 70% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 18% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 7% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 1% 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	97%[15]	63%[15]	20%[15]	12%[15]	1%[15]	1%[15]
2020/21	97%[16]	67%[16]	15%[16]	11%[16]	3%[16]	1%[16]
2019/20	99%[17]	64%[17]	10%[17]	25%[17]	0%[17]	0%[17]
2018/19	95%[18]	56%[18]	13%[18]	25%[18]	0%[18]	1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 91% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education: 73% 2022/23[19]
Education: 75% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 6% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 10% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	95%[20]	84%[20]	84%[20]	4%[20]	8%[20]
2020/21	95%[21]	85%[21]	85%[21]	3%[21]	7%[21]
2019/20	92%[22]	82%[22]	84%[22]	1%[22]	8%[22]
2018/19	92%[23]	80%[23]	81%[23]	4%[23]	7%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 91% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 50% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 40% 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]	60%[26]
2019/20	89%[25]	43%[25]	40%[25]	3%[25]
2018/19	85%[27]	23%[27]	16%[27]	1%[27]
2017/18	88%[28]	24%[28]	10%[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: 5 Nov 2024[29]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published: 3 Dec 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: Standards maintained[29]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
20 Nov 2018[30]	S8 No Formal Designation Visit[30]	Outstanding[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 3.3 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference): 499 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences: 181 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered: 150 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place: 1.2 Entry Sept 2026[31]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	379[31]	137[31]	150[31]	2.5[31]	0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2024	418[31]	125[31]	150[31]	2.8[31]	0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2023	448[31]	146[31]	148[31]	3.0[31]	1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2022	420[31]	139[31]	146[31]	2.9[31]	1.0[31]

Character & practicalities

Type: Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Boys[1]
Faith: Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1000[1]
Local authority: Southwark[1]
Website: http://www.stac.uk.com/[1]
District: Southwark [32]
Postcode: SE15 2EB[1]
URN: 100857[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1111 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language: 32.6% 2024/25[33]
SEN support: 10.4% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan: 3% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 47.2% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 8.8%[34]
Mixed: 8.4%[34]
Asian: 3.3%[34]
Black: 72.1%[34]
Any other ethnic group: 6.6%[34]
Unclassified: 0.8%[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.

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