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URN 141931 · Kensington and Chelsea · SAINT JOHN SOUTHWORTH CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
Inspection
Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.
Latest report card inspection
15 April 2026- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Exceptional
- Attendance and behaviour
- Exceptional
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Exceptional
- Leadership and governance
- Exceptional
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
Full inspection (section 5)
Report cards, used from 10 November 2025, grade each area on a five-point scale and give no overall grade. Safeguarding is met or not met.
Earlier inspection, different framework
Earlier graded inspection
16 November 2021Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes
Full inspection (section 5)
Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.
Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.
Attendance
Against Kensington and Chelsea and England, secondary schools.
Overall absence
2024/255.3%
- Kensington and Chelsea
- 8.7%
- England
- 8.4%
3.1 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Kensington and Chelsea | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 4.5% | 5.4% | 5.5% |
| 2018/19 | 3.9% | 5.3% | 5.5% |
| 2020/21 | 3.0% | 4.8% | 5.5% |
| 2021/22 | 5.4% | 7.7% | 9.0% |
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 8.8% | 9.0% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 8.0% | 8.9% |
| 2024/25 | 5.3% | 8.7% | 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
2024/2511.6%
- Kensington and Chelsea
- 25.2%
- England
- 23.4%
11.8 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Kensington and Chelsea | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 6.3% | 12.6% | 13.9% |
| 2018/19 | 6.8% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 2020/21 | 5.5% | 12.0% | 14.8% |
| 2021/22 | 12.5% | 23.9% | 27.7% |
| 2022/23 | 11.1% | 27.4% | 26.5% |
| 2023/24 | 10.6% | 22.4% | 25.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.6% | 25.2% | 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
2024/251.2%
- Kensington and Chelsea
- 3.2%
- England
- 3.9%
2.7 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Kensington and Chelsea | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| 2018/19 | 0.5% | 1.1% | 1.3% |
| 2020/21 | 0.3% | 0.9% | 1.5% |
| 2021/22 | 0.5% | 1.4% | 2.7% |
| 2022/23 | 1.1% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| 2023/24 | 0.6% | 2.3% | 3.8% |
| 2024/25 | 1.2% | 3.2% | 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 Kensington and Chelsea and England, secondary schools.
Suspensions per 100 pupils
2024/253.03
- Kensington and Chelsea
- 14.58
- England
- 21.24
18.21 lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Kensington and Chelsea | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 3.92 | 12.69 | 10.13 |
| 2018/19 | 5.13 | 14.31 | 10.75 |
| 2019/20 | 3.78 | 7.47 | 7.43 |
| 2020/21 | 2.48 | 6.90 | 8.48 |
| 2021/22 | 2.24 | 10.48 | 13.96 |
| 2022/23 | 3.87 | 19.50 | 18.90 |
| 2023/24 | 3.91 | 21.15 | 22.61 |
| 2024/25 | 3.03 | 14.58 | 21.24 |
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
2024/250.00
- Kensington and Chelsea
- 0.08
- England
- 0.23
0.23 lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Kensington and Chelsea | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 0.62 | 0.34 | 0.20 |
| 2018/19 | 0.40 | 0.32 | 0.20 |
| 2019/20 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.13 |
| 2020/21 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| 2021/22 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.16 |
| 2022/23 | 0.10 | 0.26 | 0.22 |
| 2023/24 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.25 |
| 2024/25 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.23 |
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 Kensington and Chelsea and England, secondary schools.
Attainment 8
2025/26 (provisional)61.5
- Kensington and Chelsea
- 53.9
- England
- 47.4
14.1 higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Kensington and Chelsea | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 54.3 | 49.8 |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 54.6 | 47.2 |
| 2023/24 | 67.4 | 55.5 | 46.9 |
| 2024/25 | 67.2 | 55.1 | 47.1 |
| 2025/26 (provisional) | 61.5 | 53.9 | 47.4 |
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)86%
- Kensington and Chelsea
- 78%
- England
- 66%
20 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Kensington and Chelsea | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 81% | 70% |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 77% | 67% |
| 2023/24 | 97% | 79% | 67% |
| 2024/25 | 94% | 78% | 66% |
| 2025/26 (provisional) | 86% | 78% | 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)74%
- Kensington and Chelsea
- 61%
- England
- 48%
26 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Kensington and Chelsea | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 66% | 51% |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 61% | 46% |
| 2023/24 | 86% | 63% | 47% |
| 2024/25 | 80% | 62% | 47% |
| 2025/26 (provisional) | 74% | 61% | 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 Kensington and Chelsea and England, secondary schools.
Eligible for free school meals
2024/2514.5%
- Kensington and Chelsea
- 37.7%
- England
- 25.8%
11.3 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Kensington and Chelsea | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 10.1% | 30.1% | 20.9% |
| 2022/23 | 11.7% | 32.9% | 22.7% |
| 2023/24 | 12.3% | 35.5% | 24.1% |
| 2024/25 | 14.5% | 37.7% | 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
2024/2511.3%
- Kensington and Chelsea
- 13.1%
- England
- 13.4%
2.1 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Kensington and Chelsea | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 9.6% | 11.3% | 11.9% |
| 2022/23 | 9.6% | 12.0% | 12.4% |
| 2023/24 | 9.1% | 11.9% | 12.9% |
| 2024/25 | 11.3% | 13.1% | 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
2024/255.0%
- Kensington and Chelsea
- 5.1%
- England
- 3.1%
1.9 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Kensington and Chelsea | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 3.5% | 3.6% | 2.2% |
| 2022/23 | 3.8% | 4.2% | 2.4% |
| 2023/24 | 4.1% | 4.6% | 2.7% |
| 2024/25 | 5.0% | 5.1% | 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
2024/2544.8%
- Kensington and Chelsea
- 40.0%
- England
- 19.2%
25.6 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Kensington and Chelsea | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 37.6% | 44.6% | 17.5% |
| 2022/23 | 40.0% | 43.1% | 18.1% |
| 2023/24 | 42.0% | 42.1% | 18.6% |
| 2024/25 | 44.8% | 40.0% | 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 Kensington and Chelsea and England, secondary schools.
Pupils per qualified teacher
2025/2612.5
- Kensington and Chelsea
- 15.7
- England
- 17.3
4.8 lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Kensington and Chelsea | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 13.9 | 15.0 | 16.5 |
| 2018/19 | 14.0 | 14.8 | 16.8 |
| 2019/20 | 14.2 | 15.2 | 17.2 |
| 2020/21 | 14.8 | 15.9 | 17.1 |
| 2021/22 | 15.2 | 15.5 | 17.1 |
| 2022/23 | 15.6 | 14.7 | 17.2 |
| 2023/24 | 14.4 | 14.7 | 17.4 |
| 2024/25 | 12.6 | 15.4 | 17.3 |
| 2025/26 | 12.5 | 15.7 | 17.3 |
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
2024/252.6 days
- Kensington and Chelsea
- 3.1 days
- England
- 5.0 days
2.4 days lower than England.
Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.
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| Year | This school | Kensington and Chelsea | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 4.0 days | 2.9 days | 4.0 days |
| 2018/19 | 2.2 days | 2.3 days | 4.0 days |
| 2019/20 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| 2020/21 | 1.8 days | 2.6 days | 3.9 days |
| 2021/22 | 2.8 days | 4.4 days | 6.3 days |
| 2022/23 | 3.9 days | 3.6 days | 5.2 days |
| 2023/24 | 3.6 days | 3.9 days | 5.3 days |
| 2024/25 | 2.6 days | 3.1 days | 5.0 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
- 1,034
- Capacity
- 922
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Trust
- SAINT JOHN SOUTHWORTH CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Opened
- 1 April 2015
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater
- Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
- Decile 8 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)
Sources and corrections
Every figure on this page names its source and period. This release was built on 20 October 2026.
- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools: establishment data (GIAS establishment extract 2026-10-20)
- Ofsted: State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (Latest inspections as at 2026-09-30; All inspections, 2018/19; All inspections, 2019/20; All inspections, 2020/21; All inspections, 2021/22; All inspections, 2022/23; All inspections, 2023/24; All inspections, 2024/25; All inspections, 2025/26)
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Pupil absence in schools in England (absence-3term-school, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England (exc-school, 2006/07 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-ap-school, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-geography, 2006/07 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-ap-geography, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Key stage 2 attainment (ks2-school, 2022/23 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; ks2-geography, 2015/16 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Key stage 4 performance (ks4-school, 2023/24 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; ks4-geography, 2018/19 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Schools, pupils and their characteristics (School census, January 2022 (performance tables, 2021 to 2022); School census, January 2023 (performance tables, 2022 to 2023); School census, January 2024 (performance tables, 2023 to 2024); School census, January 2025 (performance tables, 2024 to 2025))
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: School workforce in England (ptr-school, 2010/11 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; ptr-geography, 2010/11 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; sickness-school, 2009/10 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; sickness-geography, 2009/10 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English indices of deprivation 2025: Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (English indices of deprivation 2025, File 7 (2021 LSOAs))
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