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State secondary · 11 to 16 · Girls · Roman Catholic · 481 pupils

St Ursula's Convent School

Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London, SE10 8HN
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · YEAR 7 2027

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Ofsted report card · November 2025Top 19% (3/16)Fewer first choices than places (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
GCSE (key stage 4) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 571st of 3,223 on the same figure. Band: Top 19%.
Top 19% (3/16)Rank among 16 Greenwich secondaries with results, 2026 results (Attainment 8)
See the Greenwich league table →
Inspection
Ofsted report card, November 2025
Getting in
Not full for Year 7 2026
Results
+0.09 progress 8; 54.0 attainment 8
Size
481 pupils; 120 places a year; classes of 21
Faith
Roman Catholic
Run by
Greenwich council
Type
Voluntary aided school
Ages
11 to 16 · Girls
Ofsted, November 2025The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
AchievementStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Safeguarding standardsMet
Strengths, and things to check
  • Progress 8: +0.09, against +0.02 in Greenwich.
  • Attainment 8: 54.0, against 48.2 in Greenwich.
  • We hold no offer-day distances for this school: ask the council how far places went.
  • A faith school: read its admission policy for any priority by faith.
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At a glance

Against Greenwich and England
This schoolGreenwichEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Progress 8How far pupils progressed between the end of primary school and GCSEs, against pupils across England who started at the same level. 0 is average; +0.5 means half a grade better in each subject.
+0.09
Better than Greenwich
Attainment 8The average GCSE score across eight subjects, including English and maths counted twice. A grade 5 in all eight would score 50.
54.0
Better than Greenwich
English and maths, grade 5+The share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE (a strong pass).
61%
Better than Greenwich
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
5.7%
Better than Greenwich
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
16.4%
Better than Greenwich
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
9.5
Better than Greenwich
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
21.0
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
29%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
12.2
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Year 7 place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
0.2
Less sought after than Greenwich
Greenwich and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state secondary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • A Roman Catholic school: its admissions policy may give priority by faith. DfE, Get Information about Schools
  • 30 families put it first for 120 places; every one of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Year 7 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.
  • We can't tell how far Year 7 places reached: we hold no offer-day figures for this school. Ask the council or the school for the last distance offered.

Quality

  • Ofsted report card (Achievement: Strong standard; Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met) Ofsted · inspected 18 November 2025
  • Progress 8: +0.09 (England +0.01) (county +0.02) DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024
  • Attainment 8: 54.0 (England 47.4) (county 48.2) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • English and maths grade 5 or above: 61% (England 48%) (county 50%) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • Progress, set against pupils who started with the same results: average DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024

Daily life

  • Absence: 5.7% of sessions missed; 16% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 8.5% and 24% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 9 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 17); 1 permanent exclusion DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 21.0 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 12.2 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 364 m, rail 585 m, tram or metro 603 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 51 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 11 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 19.4 µg/m³, PM2.5 9.2 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Voluntary aided school is run by its local council (Greenwich), not by an academy trust. DfE, Get Information about Schools

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Year 720261203014330
Year 720251052312323
Year 720241317929179
Year 720231308931086
Year 7202213211336288
Year 7202113413544590
Year 72020134156506103
Year 7201913216351888
Year 7201812918654596
Year 7201711718353984

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

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Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Progress 8+0.09+0.01+0.022023/2024
Attainment 854.047.448.22025/2026
English and maths grade 5 or above61%48%50%2025/2026

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/2024, 2025/2026.

League table place

TableLeague rank
GCSE (key stage 4)Top 19% (3/16)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
18 November 2025Report card7 areas graded
30 January 2024Graded inspectionRequires improvement

Source: Ofsted, 2025.

Where leavers go

StageLeavers inPupilsIn a sustained placeOf which
After GCSEs2023/2412999%In education 99%; Apprenticeship 0.0%; Employment 0.0%
After GCSEs2022/2312297%In education 97%; Apprenticeship 0.0%; Employment 0.0%
After GCSEs2021/2212898%In education 98%; Apprenticeship 0.0%; Employment 0.0%

Source: DfE, destination measures. A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.

Greenwich league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/255.7%4.2%1.5%16%1.3%
2023/247.1%4.2%2.8%18%2.8%
2022/237.2%6.0%1.2%20%1.1%
Schools with a similar intake8.5%24%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (20-30%), the median of 896 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/259.56.6%521
2023/248.36.9%530
2022/2316.511%1040
Schools with a similar intake16.8

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size21.02025/26
Classes over 30 pupils0.0%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher12.2November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus364
rail585
tram or metro603

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
202513
202410
20238
202210
202110

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 11 serious and 0 fatal in all; 14 involved a pedestrian, 12 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO219.42024
PM1015.02024
PM259.22024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals29%2025/26
First language other than English14%2025/26
SEN support13%2025/26
Education, health and care plan1.9%2025/26
Girls100%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Voluntary aided school is run by its local council (Greenwich), not by an academy trust. DfE, Get Information about Schools

Area

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Sources

  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, destination measures
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in London and the Greenwich league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.