St Angela's Ursuline School

St Angela’s Ursuline School continues to demonstrate outstanding performance in all areas of education, as evidenced by their recent inspection where they retained their outstanding rating across the board. The school fosters a strong sense of community among its pupils, encouraging peer support and mentorship, which greatly enhances the personal and academic development of students. The curriculum is well-structured, promoting in-depth understanding and strong engagement from pupils, with teachers being skilled in providing both challenge and support. Moreover, leaders maintain high expectations for all students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), ensuring a broad and ambitious learning framework.

Strengths

• Fosters a strong sense of community among pupils
• Encourages peer mentorship and support
• Maintains high expectations for student behaviour and academic performance
• Delivers a well-sequenced and ambitious curriculum
• Teachers possess expert subject knowledge and effective teaching strategies
• Promotes extensive personal development opportunities for all students
• Provides robust support for SEND students to thrive in school life
• Offers thorough careers education and guidance for future study

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Angela's Ursuline School attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 17.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.8% of pupils at St Angela's Ursuline School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Angela's Ursuline School had 16.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 4.3% of pupils at St Angela's Ursuline School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 0.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 St Angela's Ursuline School received £8,833 and spent £8,724 for each of its 1,311 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £944,000 (£720 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is St Angela's Ursuline School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Angela's Ursuline School is Outstanding, from an inspection in December 2022.

When was St Angela's Ursuline School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Angela's Ursuline School was last inspected in December 2022.

How many pupils does St Angela's Ursuline School have?

St Angela's Ursuline School has 1,311 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Angela's Ursuline School cover?

St Angela's Ursuline School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are St Angela's Ursuline School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 55.2, and 64% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is St Angela's Ursuline School?

St Angela's Ursuline School is at St George's Road, Forest Gate, London, E7 8HU.