The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 58 58.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL B B 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 58.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 69.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 22.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.83 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[5]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	58.4[6]	67.9%[6]
2023/24	58.1[4]	69.7%[4]	+0.83[4]
2022/23	60.7[7]	75%[7]	+1.12[7]
2021/22	59.6[8]	73%[8]	+0.80[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: B 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 19.6% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	B-[10]	13.5%[10]
2022/23	B-[11]	16.3%[11]
2021/22	B[12]	20.4%[12]
2018/19	B-[13]	18.2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 97% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 70% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 7% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 19% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 1% 2018/19[15]
Employment: 0% 2021/22[16]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	98%[16]	74%[16]	3%[16]	20%[16]		0%[16]
2020/21	98%[17]	75%[17]	5%[17]	16%[17]
2019/20	98%[18]	71%[18]	5%[18]	20%[18]		0%[18]
2018/19	98%[15]	73%[15]	4%[15]	19%[15]	1%[15]	1%[15]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 92% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education: 73% 2022/23[19]
Education: 78% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 3% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 12% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	90%[20]	70%[20]	74%[20]	4%[20]	12%[20]
2020/21	91%[21]	70%[21]	73%[21]	4%[21]	14%[21]
2019/20	89%[22]	71%[22]	77%[22]	4%[22]	8%[22]
2018/19	91%[23]	70%[23]	73%[23]	3%[23]	15%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 78% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 27% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 30% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge: 0% 2019/20[25]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities	Russell Group universities	Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21	84%[26]	35%[26]
2019/20	81%[25]	33%[25]	30%[25]	0%[25]
2018/19	81%[27]	26%[27]	24%[27]	1%[27]
2017/18	84%[28]	32%[28]	24%[28]	1%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 17 Apr 2024[29]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published: 20 May 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: School remains Outstanding[29]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
3 Jul 2018[30]	S5 Inspection[30]	Outstanding[30]
6 Feb 2018[30]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30]	No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 3.0 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference): 941 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences: 324 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered: 313 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place: 1.0 Entry Sept 2026[31]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	930[31]	313[31]	322[31]	2.9[31]	1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2024	978[31]	312[31]	309[31]	3.2[31]	1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2023	1024[31]	372[31]	312[31]	3.3[31]	1.2[31]
Entry Sept 2022	1062[31]	372[31]	289[31]	3.7[31]	1.3[31]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry: 336 Entry Sept 2027[32]

Character & practicalities

Type: Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 2300[1]
Local authority: Ealing[1]
Website: www.wiseman.ealing.sch.uk [1]
District: Ealing [33]
Postcode: UB6 9AW[1]
URN: 101934[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 1994 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language: 49.5% 2024/25[34]
SEN support: 7.1% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan: 2.8% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 16.7% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 57.9%[35]
Mixed: 8.1%[35]
Asian: 15.2%[35]
Black: 10%[35]
Any other ethnic group: 7.6%[35]
Unclassified: 1.2%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

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