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Saint Cecilia's Church of England School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 54 54.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B B 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
54.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
65% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
24.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.35 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 52.1[6] 55.6%[6]
2023/24 55.6[4] 69.2%[4] +0.35[4]
2022/23 52.8[7] 59%[7] +0.10[7]
2021/22 55.3[8] 61%[8] +0.18[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
28.8% 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] 13%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 11.8%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 14.8%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 17.5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
69% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
6% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
18% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 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 97%[15] 66%[15] 9%[15] 13%[15] 1%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 69%[16] 6%[16] 19%[16] 0%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 71%[17] 5%[17] 18%[17] 0%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 67%[18] 1%[18] 27%[18] 1%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
71% 2022/23[19]
Education
74% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[19]
Employment
14% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 76%[20] 48%[20] 53%[20] 0%[20] 24%[20]
2020/21 86%[21] 63%[21] 67%[21] 2%[21] 16%[21]
2019/20 85%[22] 54%[22] 66%[22] 1%[22] 18%[22]
2018/19 76%[23] 51%[23] 51%[23] 3%[23] 21%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
78% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
23% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
30% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 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 84%[26] 40%[26]
2019/20 80%[25] 34%[25] 30%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 73%[27] 29%[27] 22%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 82%[28] 32%[28] 32%[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
23 Jan 2018[29]
Type
Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[29]
Report published
13 Feb 2018[29]

No graded judgements were published for this visit.

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
5.6 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
992 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
205 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
177 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 957[30] 198[30] 176[30] 5.4[30] 1.1[30]
Entry Sept 2024 971[30] 235[30] 180[30] 5.4[30] 1.3[30]
Entry Sept 2023 954[30] 233[30] 182[30] 5.2[30] 1.3[30]
Entry Sept 2022 877[30] 197[30] 184[30] 4.8[30] 1.1[30]

Furthest distance offered (proximity)

By entry year
EntryFurthest distance
Entry Sept 2026 1653 m[31]

Furthest distance offered (other children)

By entry year
EntryFurthest distance
Entry Sept 2026 1061 metres[32]
Entry Sept 2025 1086 metres[33]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Church of England[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1000[1]
Trust
SAINT CECILIA'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Wandsworth[1]
Website
www.saintcecilias.london[1]
District
Wandsworth[34]
Postcode
SW18 5JR[1]
URN
141808[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1106 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
16.3% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
19.5% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
5.3% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
30% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
55.4%[36]
Mixed
14.1%[36]
Asian
7.7%[36]
Black
16.7%[36]
Any other ethnic group
2.7%[36]
Unclassified
3.5%[36]

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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  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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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    Quote
    Furthest distance offered (in metres1) under proximity criterion: 1061m (2 March); 1653m (by 31 August) (p. 10)
  32. wandsworth.gov.uk: wandsworth.gov.uk — How school places were offered for secondary schools 2026 (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Other children: 47 (up to a distance of 1061 metres from the school). (p. 2)
  33. wandsworth.gov.uk: wandsworth.gov.uk — How school places were offered for secondary schools 2025 (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    (up to a distance from 2449 metres from the school) (p. 2)
    (up to a distance of 1086 metres from the school). (p. 2)
  34. 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.
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