Saint Cecilia's Church of England School

Secondary Ages 11-18 1,129 pupils London
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Saint Cecilia's Church of England School is an academy converter in Wandsworth for pupils aged 11 to 18. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 1,129 pupils on roll. In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 54.1, and 65% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

GCSE results: 2026. A-level results: 2025.

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-18
Religion Church of England
Address Sutherland Grove
London
SW18 5JR
Phone 02087801244
Reference Number 141808

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1129
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 54.21%
Girls: 45.79%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 34.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 15.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 101 90 191
8 101 87 188
9 107 78 185
10 105 77 182
11 97 80 177
12 48 55 103
13 53 50 103

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 39.8%
White, Other 15.2%
African 5.4%
Caribbean 5.4%
Mixed, Other 5.3%
Unclassified 3.5%
White & Asian 3.2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 3.1%
Asian, Other 3.1%
Pakistani 2.7%
White & Black (African) 2.5%
Chinese 1.1%
Indian 0.6%
Irish 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 27 Jun 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
27 Jun 2023 School inspection
23 Jan 2018 Short inspection
04 Mar 2015 Academy conversion letter
05 Oct 2011 Full inspection:
Previously as Saint Cecilia's, Wandsworth Church of England School
11 Nov 2009 Curriculum and development visit
14 Jan 2009 Full inspection:
30 Nov 2005 Full inspection:

Ofsted Parent View

The latest published parent view scores are from 2018. Ofsted only publish scores if there have been more than 10 responses to the survey.

Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know Total Responses
1. My child is happy at this school 33 7 0 0 0 40
2. My child feels safe at this school 33 7 0 0 0 40
3. My child makes good progress at this school 27 11 2 0 0 40
4. My child is well looked after at this school 32 7 0 0 1 40
5. My child is taught well at this school 25 12 2 0 1 40
6. My child receives appropriate homework for their age 23 15 1 0 1 40
7. This school makes sure its pupils are well behaved 24 13 2 0 1 40
8. This school deals effectively with bullying 24 12 1 0 3 40
9. This school is well led and managed 31 8 1 0 0 40
10. This school responds well to any concerns I raise 28 8 2 0 2 40
11. I receive valuable information from the school about my child’s progress 23 15 2 0 0 40
12. Would you recommend this school to another parent? 40 0

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
54.1

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 65%
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 71.8%

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade B B- C+
Average Grade (best 3) B B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 28.8%
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Year 7 admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 217 24
Third Preference 189 12
From another Local Authority 341 53

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Saint Cecilia's Church of England School had 1,108 pupils for 1,123 places. 15 places (1.3%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Year 7 intake in the “Secondary Planning Area” planning area

Wandsworth counted 1,841 Year 7 pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 1,677 in 2031–32, down 9%.

2015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 9509509501,0001,0001,0001,1501,1501,1231,123
Pupils 9489179259219189629961,0321,0791,108
Unfilled 0.2%3.5%2.6%7.9%8.2%3.8%13.4%10.3%3.9%1.3%

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 Saint Cecilia's Church of England School attended 92.5% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 20.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.7%3.7%3.8%3.6%4.7%6.4%5.6%5.2%4.5%
Unauthorised absence 1.2%1.3%1.3%1.7%1.2%1.9%2.2%2.5%2.9%
Severely absent pupils 0.9%0.7%0.9%0.4%0.6%1.9%2.5%2.0%2.5%

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, 1.1% of pupils at Saint Cecilia's Church of England School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 5.53.43.04.11.53.54.33.84.91.4
Permanent exclusions 1110012010

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 Saint Cecilia's Church of England School had 18.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 11.010.912.512.512.313.112.712.712.612.413.2
Teachers who left state teaching 14.0%21.3%13.1%10.3%6.6%5.5%6.9%8.6%4.1%6.4%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 50.6%55.8%75.4%52.2%–55.7%80.3%61.4%71.0%65.2%–
Sick days per teacher 2.33.72.92.5–3.95.45.47.64.2–

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, 18.6% of pupils at Saint Cecilia's Church of England School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 5.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Specific learning difficulty 72 8
Autistic spectrum disorder 21 25
Social, emotional and mental health 22 12
Moderate learning difficulty 26 5
Speech, language and communication needs 20 8
No specialist assessment of need 24 0
Other difficulty or disability 19 2
Physical disability 2 2
Severe learning difficulty 2 0
Down's syndrome 0 1
Hearing impairment 1 0
Multi-sensory impairment 1 0

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 2024–25 Saint Cecilia's Church of England School received £8,973 and spent £9,021 for each of its 1,106 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £326,000 (£295 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £201,000£358,000£264,000£463,000£797,000£443,000£326,000
per pupil £218£379£272£461£769£410£295
In-year balance £286,000£156,000-£94,000£200,000£334,000-£302,000-£53,000
per pupil £310£165-£97£199£322-£280-£48

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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How many pupils does Saint Cecilia's Church of England School have?

Saint Cecilia's Church of England School has 1,129 pupils on roll.

What age range does Saint Cecilia's Church of England School cover?

Saint Cecilia's Church of England School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Saint Cecilia's Church of England School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 54.1, and 65% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Saint Cecilia's Church of England School?

Saint Cecilia's Church of England School is at Sutherland Grove, London, SW18 5JR.

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