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Saint Cecilia's Church of England School

  • Secondary
  • Academy converter
  • Ages 11 to 18
  • Church of England

URN 141808 · Wandsworth · SAINT CECILIA'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL

In Wandsworth

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Ungraded inspection

28 June 2023

“School remains Good”

An ungraded inspection checks that the school is still at the standard of its last graded inspection. It does not give a new grade.

Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.

Attendance

Against Wandsworth and England, secondary schools.

Overall absence

2024/25

7.5%

Wandsworth
7.1%
England
8.4%

0.9 percentage points lower than England.

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Overall absence
YearThis schoolWandsworthEngland
2017/185.2%4.8%5.5%
2018/195.3%4.7%5.5%
2020/215.9%5.0%5.5%
2021/228.3%7.1%9.0%
2022/237.8%7.6%9.0%
2023/247.6%6.8%8.9%
2024/257.5%7.1%8.4%

Sessions missed for any reason, as a share of all possible sessions in the school year. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Persistent absence

2024/25

20.5%

Wandsworth
20.1%
England
23.4%

2.9 percentage points lower than England.

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Persistent absence
YearThis schoolWandsworthEngland
2017/1812.1%11.3%13.9%
2018/1913.6%10.7%13.7%
2020/2116.7%13.4%14.8%
2021/2223.5%19.9%27.7%
2022/2321.1%22.1%26.5%
2023/2421.5%19.2%25.6%
2024/2520.5%20.1%23.4%

Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Severe absence

2024/25

2.5%

Wandsworth
2.1%
England
3.9%

1.4 percentage points lower than England.

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Severe absence
YearThis schoolWandsworthEngland
2017/180.9%0.8%1.2%
2018/190.4%0.6%1.3%
2020/210.6%0.8%1.5%
2021/221.9%1.8%2.7%
2022/232.5%2.4%3.4%
2023/242.0%1.9%3.8%
2024/252.5%2.1%3.9%

Pupils who missed 50% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions

Against Wandsworth and England, secondary schools.

Suspensions per 100 pupils

2024/25

1.45

Wandsworth
6.67
England
21.24

19.79 lower than England.

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Suspensions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolWandsworthEngland
2017/183.005.3410.13
2018/194.114.2010.75
2019/201.483.217.43
2020/213.514.118.48
2021/224.287.1213.96
2022/233.767.3518.90
2023/244.918.5722.61
2024/251.456.6721.24

Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

2024/25

0.00

Wandsworth
0.09
England
0.23

0.23 lower than England.

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Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolWandsworthEngland
2017/180.110.140.20
2018/190.000.110.20
2019/200.000.030.13
2020/210.100.020.10
2021/220.200.070.16
2022/230.000.120.22
2023/240.090.140.25
2024/250.000.090.23

Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Key stage 4 results

Against Wandsworth and England, secondary schools.

Attainment 8

2025/26 (provisional)

54.1

Wandsworth
54.1
England
47.4

6.7 higher than England.

47.551.655.62021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26
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Attainment 8
YearThis schoolWandsworthEngland
2021/22Not published56.249.8
2022/23Not published52.747.2
2023/2455.654.446.9
2024/2552.154.447.1
2025/26 (provisional)54.154.147.4

The average of pupils' points across eight GCSE-level qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

English and maths: grade 4 or above

2025/26 (provisional)

75%

Wandsworth
77%
England
66%

9 percentage points higher than England.

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English and maths: grade 4 or above
YearThis schoolWandsworthEngland
2021/22Not published81%70%
2022/23Not published75%67%
2023/2481%77%67%
2024/2573%77%66%
2025/26 (provisional)75%77%66%

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 4 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

English and maths: grade 5 or above

2025/26 (provisional)

65%

Wandsworth
60%
England
48%

17 percentage points higher than England.

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English and maths: grade 5 or above
YearThis schoolWandsworthEngland
2021/22Not published64%51%
2022/23Not published59%46%
2023/2469%62%47%
2024/2556%60%47%
2025/26 (provisional)65%60%48%

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

Pupils

Against Wandsworth and England, secondary schools.

Eligible for free school meals

2024/25

26.8%

Wandsworth
31.3%
England
25.8%

1.0 percentage point higher than England.

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Eligible for free school meals
YearThis schoolWandsworthEngland
2021/2219.4%25.8%20.9%
2022/2321.5%26.9%22.7%
2023/2423.7%28.6%24.1%
2024/2526.8%31.3%25.8%

Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

SEN support

2024/25

19.5%

Wandsworth
13.2%
England
13.4%

6.1 percentage points higher than England.

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SEN support
YearThis schoolWandsworthEngland
2021/2218.0%12.2%11.9%
2022/2319.5%12.9%12.4%
2023/2419.6%13.3%12.9%
2024/2519.5%13.2%13.4%

Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Education, health and care plan

2024/25

5.3%

Wandsworth
4.4%
England
3.1%

2.2 percentage points higher than England.

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Education, health and care plan
YearThis schoolWandsworthEngland
2021/224.6%3.7%2.2%
2022/234.6%4.0%2.4%
2023/245.1%4.2%2.7%
2024/255.3%4.4%3.1%

Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

First language other than English

2024/25

16.3%

Wandsworth
38.2%
England
19.2%

2.9 percentage points lower than England.

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First language other than English
YearThis schoolWandsworthEngland
2021/2213.9%38.6%17.5%
2022/2314.4%37.5%18.1%
2023/2415.3%39.5%18.6%
2024/2516.3%38.2%19.2%

Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Teachers

Against Wandsworth and England, secondary schools.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

18.0

Wandsworth
16.8
England
17.3

0.7 higher than England.

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Pupils per qualified teacher
YearThis schoolWandsworthEngland
2017/1816.414.916.5
2018/1916.115.716.8
2019/2016.016.317.2
2020/2118.016.817.1
2021/2216.716.817.1
2022/2317.516.917.2
2023/2417.416.817.4
2024/2517.416.317.3
2025/2618.016.817.3

Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.

Teacher sickness absence

2024/25

4.2 days

Wandsworth
4.2 days
England
5.0 days

0.8 days lower than England.

Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.

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Teacher sickness absence
YearThis schoolWandsworthEngland
2017/182.9 days3.3 days4.0 days
2018/192.5 days3.1 days4.0 days
2019/20Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2020/213.9 days3.6 days3.9 days
2021/225.4 days5.2 days6.3 days
2022/235.4 days4.2 days5.2 days
2023/247.6 days5.0 days5.3 days
2024/254.2 days4.2 days5.0 days

Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll
1,129
Capacity
1,000
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Age range
11 to 18
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Admissions
Non-selective
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Trust
SAINT CECILIA'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL
Opened
1 March 2015
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Constituency
Putney
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 8 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: Sutherland Grove, London, SW18 5JR

Website: www.saintcecilias.london

Telephone: 02087801244

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