Secondary · SW3 · London

St. Thomas More Language College

Cadogan Street, London, SW3 2QS

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SAINT JOHN SOUTHWORTH CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance (2024/25)89.8%
Attainment (2024/25)Attainment 8: 45.9
Roll vs capacityAround published capacity
Pupils489

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Report published 21 Sept 2022.

Inspection history

  • Previous gradedOutstanding

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in SW3. Where we have them, council (Kensington and Chelsea) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
489
Free school meals
46.6%
28.6% above district average (18%)

Also: Kensington and Chelsea 37.7% · England 25.8%

SEN
15.3%
1.7% above district average (13.6%)

Also: Kensington and Chelsea 18.2% · England 16.5%

EAL
48.2%
0.5% above district average (47.7%)
Attendance
89.8% Autumn and spring 2024/25
4.6% below district average (94.4%)

Also: Kensington and Chelsea 91.7% · England 91.9%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the SW3 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Headline GCSE measures are 2024/25. England is the state-funded average from the same tables. Progress 8 of 0 is typical.

Persistent absence2024/25

32%

10.1% above England (21.9%)

Attainment 82024/25

45.9

0.2 below England (46.1)

Grade 5+ English & maths2024/25

46.7%

1.3% above England (45.4%)

Grade 4+ English & maths2024/25

64.8%

Same as England (64.8%)

Entered for EBacc2024/25

17.2%

23.3% below England (40.5%)

EBacc average point score2024/25

3.88

0.2 below England (4.09)

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 49 families put this school first. All of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
49
First-preference offers
49
First preferences offered a place
100%
Total offers
143
Named on any preference
285

This is historic demand from one admissions round. It is not a guarantee of a place, and it does not show a catchment area. Admission rules and priorities differ by school.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Around published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
597
Pupils on roll
489

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Kensington and Chelsea page.

SEN support

SEN %
15.3%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near St. Thomas More Language College

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

Other nearby schools

All schools in SW3 · Schools in Kensington and Chelsea

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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