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Notre Dame Catholic Girls' School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 354Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • GirlsPupils
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 149369URN

118 St George's Road, London, SE1 6EX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.0per place
close to Southwark median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Southwark

93 applications for 31 places · small intake, not ranked
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
44.4of 90
16th of 20 in Southwark
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 30 June 2026Published 7 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • 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. 30 June 2026
    Report card · 1 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention
  2. 19 March 2024
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

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
3.0applications per place, Year 7
close to Southwark median (3.1) 0.8 above England median (2.2)

93 applications · 31 places offered · 19 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

Small intakeFewer than 60 places, so not ranked.

  1. 2026 3.0; Southwark median median 3.1
  2. 2025 3.4; Southwark median median 3.1
  3. 2024 3.1; Southwark median median 3.1
  4. 2023 4.1; Southwark median median 3.2
  5. 2022 3.4; Southwark median median 3.1; as the previous school
  6. 2021 2.1; Southwark median median 3.1; as the previous school
  7. 2020 2.7; Southwark median median 3.2; as the previous school
  8. 2019 2.2; Southwark median median 3.3; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.5; Southwark median median 3.4; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.6; Southwark median median 3.1; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.4; Southwark median median 2.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 3.1; Southwark median median 2.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.8; Southwark median median 3.2; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Southwark median

Dashed bars: as Notre Dame Roman Catholic Girls' School (URN 100859), 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 202631933.0190.61
Sep 2025411403.4180.44
Sep 2024611883.1320.52
Sep 2023441784.1310.70
Sep 2022 *531823.4190.36
Sep 2021 *982052.1420.43
Sep 2020 *842302.7380.45
Sep 2019 *1232692.2310.25
Sep 2018 *1132862.5490.43
Sep 2017 *1082842.6510.47
Sep 2016 *1182792.4360.31
Sep 2015 *1053223.1410.39
Sep 2014 *1173322.8500.43

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

124 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.416th of 20 in Southwark
Grade 5 or above in English and maths32%19th of 20 in Southwark
Grade 4 or above in English and maths59%
  • This school
  • Southwark median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.25
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)12444.432%59%–
2024/2511642.833%53%–
2023/2412444.840%63%+0.25
2022/23 *13046.639%59%+0.32

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
149369 · 210/5404
Trust
St Oscar Romero Catholic Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
620 pupils · 354 on roll
Free school meals
57.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 December 2022
Replaced
Notre Dame Roman Catholic Girls' School (URN 100859)
Address
118 St George's Road, London, SE1 6EX
Local authority
Southwark

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