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Saint John Bosco College
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Voluntary aided
Parkham Street, Battersea, London SW11 3DQ · sjbc.wandsworth.sch.uk · 020 7924 8310
On the mapSearch near SW11 3DQ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 43.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Wandsworth 51.8, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Wandsworth Council
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 828
- 79% of 1,050 places
- Local authority
- Wandsworth
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 58.1%
- First language not English
- 47.8%
- 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: Wandsworth Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 59 families put the school first and 107 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 | 107 | 59 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 132 | 89 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 142 | 78 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 133 | 65 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 121 | 69 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 43.5, and 30% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Wandsworth it was 51.8, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (30.5 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼43.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼30.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼62.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼28.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.71 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 46.2 | −5.3 |
| Sixth form college | 2.8 | −6.4 |
| Further education | 34.3 | +3.5 |
| Other education | 0.7 | −0.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.7 | — |
| Employment | 0.7 | −0.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.2 | +0.4 |
| Activity not captured | 10.5 | +8.2 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 56 students | C (30.5) | Below average -0.18 | |
| 58 students | C (30.2) | Below average -0.21 | |
| 21 students | Merit+ (29.7) | Average 0.00 | |
| 9 students | Dist (34.4) | Average +0.20 | |
| 6 students | L2Dist (7) | Well above average +1.20 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 69 | C- (26.2) | -0.33 |
| 2022/23 | 72 | C- (28.2) | — |
| 2021/22 | 57 | C (29.7) | — |
| 2018/19 | 45 | C- (25.8) | -0.29 |
| 2017/18 | 36 | C- (27.5) | +0.02 |
| 2016/17 | 32 | D+ (24.7) | -0.14 |
| 2015/16 | 39 | D (20) | -0.45 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 75.6 | +11.7 |
| Further and other education | 4.9 | +3.2 |
| Further education | 2.4 | — |
| Other education | 2.4 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 1.2 | — |
| Employment | 4.9 | −3.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.3 | −7.5 |
| Activity not captured | 6.1 | −5.4 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 7 October 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Saint John Bosco College was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 6 Oct 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
79% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (48 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 79%
- Replies
- 48
- 6% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 46% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (29%) with SEND