Secondary school

Saint Cecilia's Church of England School

  • Academy Converter
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Church of England
  • Wandsworth
  • SW18 5JR
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Oct 2011

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 710 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 22%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 16%16%2016/17: top 15%2017/18: top 16%2018/19: top 26%2021/22: top 21%2022/23: top 20%2023/24: top 14%14% · 2023/242024/25: top 22%No exams

A-level results

#123 of 438 London sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against LondonArrows: London rank change since 2021/22

Attainment 852.1 · London 50.16/10 Middle
Grade 5+ English and maths55.6% · London 51.8%6/10 Middle
EBacc point score4.53 · London 4.565/10 Middle−7.5 pts
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.35 · London +0.326/10 Middle
A level points per entry38.77 · London 34.79/10 Top 20%+50.6 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 56.2 · 139 pupils · London 522016/17: 53.8 · 143 pupils · London 49.32017/18: 54 · 137 pupils · London 492018/19: 51.4 · 135 pupils · London 49.52021/22: 55.3 · 148 pupils · London 52.82022/23: 52.8 · 147 pupils · London 50.552023/24: 55.6 · 156 pupils · London 50.62024/25: 52.1 · 151 pupils · London 50.1556.251.4No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 56% · 143 pupils · London 48%2017/18: 57% · 137 pupils · London 48%2018/19: 55% · 135 pupils · London 48%2021/22: 61% · 148 pupils · London 58%2022/23: 59% · 147 pupils · London 53.5%2023/24: 69.2% · 156 pupils · London 55.5%2024/25: 55.6% · 151 pupils · London 51.8%69.2%55%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 31.52 · 100 pupils · London 29.292016/17: 35.35 · 89 pupils · London 30.582017/18: 34.1 · 91 pupils · London 30.892018/19: 32.84 · 93 pupils · London 31.532021/22: 34.6 · 81 pupils · London 36.842022/23: 31.66 · 85 pupils · London 33.82023/24: 31.95 · 86 pupils · London 33.672024/25: 38.77 · 88 pupils · London 34.738.7731.52No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in64.9%
133 of 205 who put it first2014 · 59.3%2026 · 64.9%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st205133
2nd21724
3rd18912
Last distance offered
  • 2026/271.1 km
  • 2025/261.1 km
  • 2024/251.0 km
  • 2023/241.1 km
  • 2022/231.2 km
  • 2021/221.0 km

Inspections · 2005–2023

  1. 2005Goodas predecessor
  2. 2009Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2011Goodas predecessor
  4. 2018Remains Good
  5. 2023Remains Good

30 strong areas

  • Pupils' attainment
  • Pupils' attendance
  • Quality of teaching
  • Sixth form provision
  • Achievement of pupils
  • Leadership and management
  • Behaviour and safety of pupils
  • The extent to which pupils feel safe
  • Outcomes for students in the sixth form
  • The use of assessment to support learning
  • The quality of provision in the sixth form
  • The effectiveness of safeguarding procedures
  • Outcomes for individuals and groups of pupils
  • The effectiveness of care, guidance and support
  • The school's capacity for sustained improvement
  • The quality of pupils' learning and their progress
  • The extent to which pupils adopt healthy lifestyles
  • The leadership and management of teaching and learning
  • The effectiveness of leadership and management of the sixth form
  • The effectiveness with which the school promotes community cohesion
  • The effectiveness of the school's engagement with parents and carers
  • The effectiveness of partnerships in promoting learning and well-being
  • The extent of pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
  • The extent to which pupils contribute to the school and wider community
  • The effectiveness with which the school deploys resources to achieve value for money
  • The effectiveness with which the school promotes equality of opportunity and tackles discrimination
  • The extent to which the curriculum meets pupils' needs, including, where relevant, through partnerships
  • The quality of learning for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and their progress
  • The extent to which pupils develop workplace and other skills that will contribute to their future economic well-being
  • The effectiveness of the governing body in challenging and supporting the school so that weaknesses are tackled decisively...

0 weak areas

30 areas graded · inspected as predecessor

Read what Ofsted said (6)

From Ofsted report, inspected Jun 2023

Strengths

  • “Leaders have established a culture of high expectations.”
  • “They are ambitious for pupils to achieve well through, for example, the high proportion of pupils who study all three science subjects at GCSE.”
  • “In addition, students in the sixth form receive lots of effective guidance in preparation for life after school.”

To improve

  • “In a few subjects, leaders’ curriculum thinking lacks rigour, and they are currently reviewing the curriculum rationale.”
  • “Sometimes, teachers do not systematically check that pupils have understood important subject concepts.”
  • “As a result, pupils have not built up the depth of subject knowledge that they should have.”

Ofsted inspection report extracts, Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,129
Free school meals (past 6 years)30.0%
First language not English16.3%
SEN support19.5%
EHC plan5.3%
Absence (sessions missed)7.5%
Persistently absent pupils20.6%

Girls 45%Boys 55%

112.9% full · 1,000 places · 220 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher18.0
Pupils per adult13.2
  • Classroom teachers 53.6
  • Leadership 9
  • Teaching assistants 16.2
  • Other support 22.4

Teachers 62.6 FTE · Whole workforce 101.3 · 114 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,973
Spend per pupil£9,021
Staff spend per pupil£7,134
Reserve per pupil£295
  • +£326,000revenue reserve
  • −£53,000in-year balance

Grants £8,542 · self-generated £516 · premises £440 per pupil

Single-academy trust: SAINT CECILIA'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

156 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained94.2%
  • Education92.9%
  • Apprenticeship0%
  • Employment1.3%
  • Not sustained3.8%
  • Unknown1.9%

After sixth form (16–18)

102 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained72.5%
  • Education53.9%
  • Higher education49%
  • Apprenticeship1%
  • Employment17.6%
  • Not sustained16.7%
  • Unknown10.8%