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Wimbledon College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 56 56.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B B 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
56 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
66.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
22.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.86 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 Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 57[6] 68.6%[6]
2023/24 56.8[4] 64.9%[4] +0.86[4]
2022/23 58.2[7] 68%[7] +0.70[7]
2021/22 59.5[8] 70%[8] +0.61[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
26.6% 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] 19.6%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 16.5%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 28.7%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 9%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
81% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
2% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
13% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 99%[15] 83%[15] 1%[15] 12%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 99%[16] 82%[16] 3%[16] 13%[16] 1%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 99%[17] 84%[17] 2%[17] 13%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 74%[18] 1%[18] 16%[18] 0%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[19]
Education
70% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[19]
Employment
16% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[20] 69%[20] 3%[20] 15%[20]
2020/21 90%[21] 71%[21] 4%[21] 16%[21]
2019/20 89%[22] 73%[22] 3%[22] 13%[22]
2018/19 91%[23] 70%[23] 4%[23] 16%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
81% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
30% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
22% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 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 72%[26] 30%[26]
2019/20 81%[25] 29%[25] 22%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 81%[27] 26%[27] 24%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 79%[28] 23%[28] 19%[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
21 Mar 2023[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
18 May 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
5 Dec 2017[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.4 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
844 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
188 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
194 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 731[31] 178[31] 196[31] 3.7[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2024 770[31] 160[31] 209[31] 3.7[31] 0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2023 701[31] 152[31] 213[31] 3.3[31] 0.7[31]
Entry Sept 2022 716[31] 140[31] 209[31] 3.4[31] 0.7[31]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[32]
Sibling priority
Brothers at Wimbledon College or sisters at Ursuline High School, Wimbledon in September 2027 Entry Sept 2027[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Boys[1]
Faith
Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1249[1]
Local authority
Merton[1]
Website
http://www.wimbledoncollege.org.uk/[1]
District
Merton[33]
Postcode
SW19 4NS[1]
URN
102681[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1258 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
37% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
20.3% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
4.8% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
22.2% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
53.5%[35]
Mixed
11%[35]
Asian
15.6%[35]
Black
13.3%[35]
Any other ethnic group
5.8%[35]
Unclassified
0.9%[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.

In the inspectors' and the school's words

Academic
However, in some cases, pupils do not get on to the more demanding tasks that require them to apply their knowledge of facts.[36]
Warmth
Leaders have created a school community with a shared aim of being ‘men and women for others’. As a result, some younger pupils felt that their peers are not routinely as kind as they might be.[36]
Pastoral care
Leaders engage with a range of external support to ensure pupils get the help they need, including with their mental health.[36]
Behaviour
Leaders ensure a calm, orderly environment for pupils. They work hard in lessons. They rarely disrupt each other’s learning.[36]
Learning support
Teachers and support staff choose carefully when to offer extra help and when to allow pupils to work without interruption.[36]
Enrichment
Pupils make good use of the broad array of opportunities that leaders organise.[36]
Pupil voice
Pupil representatives identify changes to improve the school, such as protecting the environment by installing recycling points and lights on timers.[36]
Independence
As a result, pupils with SEND grow in independence and are well prepared for their next steps, including those in the sixth form.[36]
Collaboration
Pupils regularly undertake charitable work, including fundraising events for chosen charities.[36]
Structure
Leaders communicate clear expectations, which all members of the school community understand well.[36]
Sport
Many pupils benefit from overseas travel, including skiing in Austria, a rugby tour to Lisbon and the annual French exchange to Toulouse.[36]

Sources

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  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  32. wimbledoncollege.org.uk: wimbledoncollege.org.uk document (PDF, 2009). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    • deadline is 31st October 2026 (p. 40)
    1. Brother[s] at Wimbledon College or sister[s] at Ursuline High School, Wimbledon in September 2027 (p. 34)
  33. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  36. files.ofsted.gov.uk: files.ofsted.gov.uk document. Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (13)
    Many pupils benefit from overseas travel, including skiing in Austria, a rugby tour to Lisbon and the annual French exchange to Toulouse (p. 1)
    Leaders have created a school community with a shared aim of being 'men and women for others' (p. 1)
    As a result, some younger pupils felt that their peers are not routinely as kind as they might be (p. 2)
    However, in some cases, pupils do not get on to the more demanding tasks that require them to apply their knowledge of facts (p. 2)
    Leaders engage with a range of external support to ensure pupils get the help they need, including with their mental health (p. 3)
    Leaders ensure a calm, orderly environment for pupils (p. 2)
    They work hard in lessons. They rarely disrupt each other's learning (p. 1)
    Leaders communicate clear expectations, which all members of the school community understand well (p. 1)
    Pupils make good use of the broad array of opportunities that leaders organise (p. 1)
    Pupil representatives identify changes to improve the school, such as protecting the environment by installing recycling points and lights on timers (p. 1)
    As a result, pupils with SEND grow in independence and are well prepared for their next steps, including those in the sixth form (p. 2)
    Pupils regularly undertake charitable work, including fundraising events for chosen charities (p. 1)
    Teachers and support staff choose carefully when to offer extra help and when to allow pupils to work without interruption (p. 2)