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St Michael's Catholic College

  • 11–18Ages
  • 948Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 150937URN

Llewellyn Street, London, SE16 4UN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 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
3.8per place
0.7 above Southwark median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Southwark

572 applications for 150 places · 6th of 18 in Southwark
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
58.7of 90
3rd of 20 in Southwark
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 29 April 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
3.8applications per place, Year 7
0.7 above Southwark median (3.1) 1.6 above England median (2.2)

572 applications · 150 places offered · 192 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.8; Southwark median median 3.1
  2. 2025 3.9; Southwark median median 3.1
  3. 2024 4.6; Southwark median median 3.1; as the previous school
  4. 2023 4.8; Southwark median median 3.2; as the previous school
  5. 2022 4.8; Southwark median median 3.1; as the previous school
  6. 2021 4.9; Southwark median median 3.1; as the previous school
  7. 2020 5.1; Southwark median median 3.2; as the previous school
  8. 2019 5.6; Southwark median median 3.3; as the previous school
  9. 2018 5.4; Southwark median median 3.4; as the previous school
  10. 2017 5.7; Southwark median median 3.1; as the previous school
  11. 2016 6.1; Southwark median median 2.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 5.7; Southwark median median 2.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 5.3; Southwark median median 3.2; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Southwark median

Dashed bars: as St Michael's Catholic College (URN 138961), St Michael's Catholic College (URN 100858), 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 20261505723.81921.28
Sep 20251455713.92151.48
Sep 2024 *1446594.62141.49
Sep 2023 *1446924.82361.64
Sep 2022 *1456984.82201.52
Sep 2021 *1457144.92001.38
Sep 2020 *1447285.11851.28
Sep 2019 *1458065.62391.65
Sep 2018 *1457775.42221.53
Sep 2017 *1458325.72061.42
Sep 2016 *1257656.12101.68
Sep 2015 *1236985.71831.49
Sep 2014 *1256585.31661.33

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

148 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)58.73rd of 20 in Southwark
Grade 5 or above in English and maths66%4th of 20 in Southwark
Grade 4 or above in English and maths89%
  • This school
  • Southwark median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2022/23, the latest published)+0.58
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14858.766%89%–
2024/2514758.066%83%–
2023/24–
2022/23 *14457.463%84%+0.58

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

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  • 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
150937 · 210/4007
Trust
St Benedict Catholic Academy Trust
Religious character
Catholic
Capacity
980 pupils · 948 on roll
Free school meals
37.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2024
Replaced
St Michael's Catholic College (URN 138961); St Michael's Catholic College (URN 100858)
Address
Llewellyn Street, London, SE16 4UN
Local authority
Southwark

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