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Newman Catholic College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 36 36.0 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
36 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
29.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
13.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.21 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 35.9[5] 22.7%[5]
2023/24 39.8[3] 32.2%[3] -0.21[3]
2022/23 36[6] 29%[6] -0.08[6]
2021/22 40.6[7] 40%[7] +0.12[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2021/22[8]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 2018/19[9]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[10]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[10]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2018/19 D[9] 0%[9]
2017/18 E+[11] 0%[11]
2015/16 D-[12]
2014/15 C-[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
32% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
19% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
39% 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 91%[15] 41%[15] 14%[15] 31%[15] 0%[15] 5%[15]
2020/21 93%[16] 38%[16] 14%[16] 35%[16] 1%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 94%[17] 42%[17] 28%[17] 20%[17] 2%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 93%[18] 22%[18] 23%[18] 45%[18] 0%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
61% 2022/23[19]
Education
48% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[19]
Employment
13% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 68%[20] 45%[20] 0%[20] 23%[20]
2020/21 56%[21] 44%[21] 0%[21] 11%[21]
2019/20 72%[22] 65%[22] 0%[22] 7%[22]
2018/19 77%[23] 65%[23] 3%[23] 9%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
41% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
0% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
0% 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
2019/20 77%[25] 0%[25] 0%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 52%[26] 0%[26] 0%[26] 0%[26]
2017/18 56%[27] 0%[27] 0%[27] 0%[27]
2015/16 56%[28] 11%[28] 0%[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
4 May 2022[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
5 Oct 2022[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
15 Nov 2016[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.4 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
89 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
26 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
62 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.4 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 97[31] 25[31] 53[31] 1.8[31] 0.5[31]
Entry Sept 2024 98[31] 26[31] 58[31] 1.7[31] 0.4[31]
Entry Sept 2023 98[31] 35[31] 83[31] 1.2[31] 0.4[31]
Entry Sept 2022 112[31] 30[31] 69[31] 1.6[31] 0.4[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages
11–19[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
Brent[1]
Website
www.ncc.brent.sch.uk[1]
District
Brent[32]
Postcode
NW10 3RN[1]
URN
101564[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
677 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
79.2% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
9.3% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
4.1% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
37.5% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
18.2%[34]
Mixed
9.6%[34]
Asian
27%[34]
Black
21.3%[34]
Any other ethnic group
21.8%[34]
Unclassified
2.1%[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

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    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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