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Notre Dame Catholic Girls' School
Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–16 · Academy
118 St George's Road, London SE1 6EX · notredame.southwark.sch.uk · 020 7261 1121
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 42.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Southwark 52.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 354
- 57% of 620 places
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 57.1%
- First language not English
- 21.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 19 families put the school first and 31 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 | 31 | 19 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 41 | 18 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 61 | 32 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 44 | 31 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 53 | 19 | 0.4 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.8, and 32.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Southwark it was 52.1, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼42.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼32.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼53.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼37.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.80 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 100859)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 46.8 | +2.6 |
| Sixth form college | 21 | −15.3 |
| Further education | 22.6 | +6.7 |
| Other education | 1.6 | — |
| Employment | 0.8 | −0.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.6 | +3.8 |
| Activity not captured | 1.6 | +0.7 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Notre Dame Catholic Girls' School on 30 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Inspected
- 30 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Mar 2024
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 100859), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2024Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2012Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 100859)
Jun 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 100859)
What parents said
53% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (32 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 53%
- Replies
- 32
- 6% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 53% who had a child bullied
based on 10 parents (31%) with SEND