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The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,034Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • BoysPupils
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 141931URN

89 Addison Road, London, W14 8BZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
5.4per place
2.4 above Kensington and Chelsea median (2.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Kensington and Chelsea

662 applications for 123 places · 1st of 6 in Kensington and Chelsea
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
61.5of 90
1st of 6 in Kensington and Chelsea
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 15 April 2026Published 8 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementExceptional
Attendance and behaviourExceptional
Personal development and wellbeingExceptional
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceExceptional
  • 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. 15 April 2026
    Report card · 4 Exceptional, 3 Strong standard
  2. 16 November 2021
    Graded inspection: Outstanding

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
5.4applications per place, Year 7
2.4 above Kensington and Chelsea median (2.9) 3.1 above England median (2.2)

662 applications · 123 places offered · 244 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 5.4; Kensington and Chelsea median median 2.9
  2. 2025 5.9; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.4
  3. 2024 5.4; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.9
  4. 2023 5.8; Kensington and Chelsea median median 4.2
  5. 2022 6.3; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.5
  6. 2021 7.1; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.5
  7. 2020 7.7; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.7
  8. 2019 8.1; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.4
  9. 2018 8.6; Kensington and Chelsea median median 2.3
  10. 2017 7.9; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.4
  11. 2016 7.6; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.8
  12. 2015 7.7; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 7.1; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.6; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Kensington and Chelsea median in 11 of 11 years.
  • This school
  • Kensington and Chelsea median

Dashed bars: as The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School (URN 100506), the previous school.

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 20261236625.42441.98
Sep 20251247335.92532.04
Sep 20241226575.42181.79
Sep 20231237165.82381.93
Sep 20221217676.32972.45
Sep 20211228657.13102.54
Sep 20201229397.73532.89
Sep 20191199618.13432.88
Sep 20181181,0158.63813.23
Sep 20171199437.93793.18
Sep 20161158747.63573.10
Sep 2015 *1148727.73693.24
Sep 2014 *1188427.13873.28

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

123 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)61.51st of 6 in Kensington and Chelsea
Grade 5 or above in English and maths74%1st of 6 in Kensington and Chelsea
Grade 4 or above in English and maths86%
  • This school
  • Kensington and Chelsea median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+1.00
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)12361.574%86%–
2024/2512667.280%94%–
2023/2412467.486%97%+1.00
2022/2312665.276%90%+0.86

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
141931 · 207/5402
Trust
Saint John Southworth Catholic Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
922 pupils · 1,034 on roll
Free school meals
18.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2015
Replaced
The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School (URN 100506)
Address
89 Addison Road, London, W14 8BZ
Local authority
Kensington and Chelsea

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