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Voluntary aided school · Lambeth

Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School

  • 11–19Ages
  • 1,187Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 100638URN

Belltrees Grove, London, SW16 2HY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
4.4per place
1.2 above Lambeth median (3.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Lambeth

770 applications for 176 places · 5th of 13 in Lambeth
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
58.6of 90
1st of 16 in Lambeth
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 25 February 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
4.4applications per place, Year 7
1.2 above Lambeth median (3.2) 2.1 above England median (2.2)

770 applications · 176 places offered · 304 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 4.4; Lambeth median median 3.2
  2. 2025 3.9; Lambeth median median 3.5
  3. 2024 4.3; Lambeth median median 2.8
  4. 2023 4.3; Lambeth median median 3.2
  5. 2022 4.7; Lambeth median median 3.2
  6. 2021 5.0; Lambeth median median 3.1
  7. 2020 5.4; Lambeth median median 3.1
  8. 2019 5.7; Lambeth median median 2.7
  9. 2018 5.2; Lambeth median median 2.5
  10. 2017 5.9; Lambeth median median 3.1
  11. 2016 5.9; Lambeth median median 3.0
  12. 2015 5.8; Lambeth median median 3.1
  13. 2014 5.6; Lambeth median median 3.5
More applications per place than the Lambeth median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Lambeth median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261767704.43041.73
Sep 20251766923.92381.35
Sep 20241767604.32251.28
Sep 20231767574.32331.32
Sep 20221748094.72591.49
Sep 20211758685.02661.52
Sep 20201749445.42891.66
Sep 20191709655.72961.74
Sep 20182001,0295.22901.45
Sep 20171751,0355.93081.76
Sep 20161731,0125.93271.89
Sep 20151741,0015.83101.78
Sep 20141719635.62691.57

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

178 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)58.61st of 16 in Lambeth
Grade 5 or above in English and maths67%2nd of 16 in Lambeth
Grade 4 or above in English and maths82%
  • This school
  • Lambeth median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.74
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17858.667%82%–
2024/2517757.762%83%–
2023/2417959.470%84%+0.74
2022/2319557.767%85%+0.77

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
100638 · 208/5401
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,200 pupils · 1,187 on roll
Free school meals
23.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Belltrees Grove, London, SW16 2HY
Local authority
Lambeth

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources