St Paul's Catholic College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 60 60.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 60 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 71.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 28.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.85 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	61.8[6]	75.1%[6]
2023/24	57.4[4]	69.1%[4]		+0.85[4]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 22.5% 2024/25[3]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	B[7]	22.2%[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 98% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form: 66% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college: 2% 2022/23[8]
Further education college: 26% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship: 1% 2022/23[8]
Employment: 1% 2022/23[8]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	98%[9]	65%[9]	4%[9]	25%[9]	2%[9]	1%[9]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 89% 2022/23[10]
UK higher education: 61% 2022/23[10]
Education: 61% 2022/23[10]
Apprenticeship: 3% 2022/23[10]
Employment: 24% 2022/23[10]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	96%[11]	68%[11]	69%[11]	6%[11]	21%[11]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 74% 2021/22[12]
Top third of most selective universities: 21% 2021/22[12]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities
2020/21	76%[13]	21%[13]

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: 30 Jan 2024[14]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[14]
Report published: 13 Mar 2024[14]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[14]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: School remains Outstanding[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 3.8 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference): 794 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences: 267 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered: 210 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place: 1.3 Entry Sept 2026[15]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	806[15]	280[15]	210[15]	3.8[15]	1.3[15]
Entry Sept 2024	773[15]	271[15]	222[15]	3.5[15]	1.2[15]
Entry Sept 2023	742[15]	276[15]	228[15]	3.3[15]	1.2[15]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[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: 1067[1]
Trust: ASCENSION CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority: Surrey[1]
Website: http://www.st-pauls.surrey.sch.uk [1]
District: Spelthorne [16]
Postcode: TW16 6JE[1]
URN: 149290[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1366 2024/25[17]
English as an additional language: 25.5% 2024/25[17]
SEN support: 11% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan: 2.5% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 13.5% 2024/25[17]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 68.5%[18]
Mixed: 10.1%[18]
Asian: 14.3%[18]
Black: 4.4%[18]
Any other ethnic group: 1.2%[18]
Unclassified: 1.5%[18]

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.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
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