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St Ursula's Convent School
Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–16 · Voluntary aided
Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London SE10 8HN · stursulas.com · 020 8858 4613
On the mapSearch near SE10 8HN
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Nov 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 55.1
- average Attainment 8 score. Greenwich 46.9, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Greenwich Council
- Demand for places
- 0.3
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 481
- 71% of 675 places
- Local authority
- Greenwich
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 29%
- First language not English
- 14.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Greenwich Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 30 families put the school first and 120 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 120 | 30 | 0.3 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 105 | 23 | 0.2 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 131 | 79 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 130 | 89 | 0.7 | 97% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 132 | 113 | 0.9 | 78% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 55.1, and 62.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Greenwich it was 46.9, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲55.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲62.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲73.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲83.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲5.09 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 52.7 | −9 |
| Sixth form college | 36.4 | +13.7 |
| Further education | 10.1 | −0.8 |
| Activity not captured | 0.8 | — |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected St Ursula's Convent School on 18 November 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 18 Nov 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jan 2024
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2024Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2015Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Jan 2010Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (35 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Positive
- 85%
- Replies
- 35
- 6% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on 4 parents (11%) whose child was bullied
based on 5 parents (14%) with SEND