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St Catherine's Catholic School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,021Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • GirlsPupils
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137681URN

Watling Street, Bexleyheath, DA6 7QJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.9 below Bexley median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BexleySelective

454 applications for 208 places · 14th of 16 in Bexley
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
55.5of 90
5th of 16 in Bexley
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 7 July 2026Published 29 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 7 July 2026
    Report card · 6 Strong standard
  2. 14 June 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

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
2.2applications per place, Year 7
0.9 below Bexley median (3.1) close to England median (2.2)

454 applications · 208 places offered · 158 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.2; Bexley median median 3.1
  2. 2025 2.0; Bexley median median 3.2
  3. 2024 2.0; Bexley median median 2.9
  4. 2023 2.0; Bexley median median 3.0
  5. 2022 2.0; Bexley median median 2.9
  6. 2021 2.3; Bexley median median 3.1
  7. 2020 2.2; Bexley median median 3.4
  8. 2019 2.5; Bexley median median 3.6
  9. 2018 2.7; Bexley median median 3.6
  10. 2017 2.5; Bexley median median 3.4
  11. 2016 2.8; Bexley median median 3.7
  12. 2015 2.7; Bexley median median 3.9
  13. 2014 2.5; Bexley median median 3.6
More applications per place than the Bexley median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Bexley 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 20262084542.21580.76
Sep 20252044072.01190.58
Sep 20242124172.01530.72
Sep 20232074062.01370.66
Sep 20222104212.01390.66
Sep 20212044632.31030.50
Sep 20202074642.21640.79
Sep 20192105222.52101.00
Sep 20182095702.72060.99
Sep 20172085092.51800.87
Sep 20162095912.82251.08
Sep 20152095632.72251.08
Sep 20142105142.52000.95

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

204 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)55.55th of 16 in Bexley
Grade 5 or above in English and maths66%5th of 16 in Bexley
Grade 4 or above in English and maths84%
  • This school
  • Bexley median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.75
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20455.566%84%–
2024/2521055.159%85%–
2023/2420255.863%81%+0.75
2022/2320353.953%82%+0.56

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
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137681 · 303/5402
Trust
St Catherine's Catholic School
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,290 pupils · 1,021 on roll
Free school meals
15.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 December 2011
Replaced
St Catherine's Catholic School for Girls (URN 101478)
Address
Watling Street, Bexleyheath, DA6 7QJ
Local authority
Bexley

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