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St Paul's Catholic College

Mixed · ages 11–18 · with sixth form · Roman CatholicSurrey, South East · Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6JETrust: Ascension Catholic Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,395of 1,067 places
Free school meals
12.8%
Year 11 cohort 2025
209
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding, 31 January 2024Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Paul's Catholic College (URN 125311, until 1 September 2022).

What the data says

Of the 202 pupils who finished Year 11 at St Paul's Catholic College in 2023, 66% stayed on in St Paul's Catholic College’s own sixth form (Surrey average 29%), 26% went to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.

Among the 123 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 61% went to university (Surrey 41%, England 37%), and 21% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.

GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 61.8 against 46.1 across England and 50.8 in Surrey, with 75% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 99% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Surrey and England.

St Paul's Catholic College
Surrey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureSt Paul's Catholic CollegeSurreyEngland
Pupils in the cohort20211,758607,348
Any sustained destination98%94%92%
Stayed in education96%89%86%
— school sixth form66%29%34%
— sixth form college2%32%13%
— further education college26%26%37%
— other education3%2%
Apprenticeship1%2%3%
Employment1%2%3%
No sustained destination1%4%6%
Destination unknown1%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

St Paul's Catholic College
Surrey
England
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureSt Paul's Catholic CollegeSurreyEngland
Students in the cohort12310,235541,441
Any sustained destination89%82%79%
University (higher education)61%41%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students21%24%19%
Further education0%4%5%
Apprenticeship3%5%7%
Employment24%32%28%
No sustained destination7%12%16%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureSt Paul's Catholic CollegeSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)61.850.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths75%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths89%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects57%44%41%
EBacc average point score5.754.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort13%15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils45.632.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils64.254.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language31%12%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language209100%89%40%20%90%
English Literature208100%86%39%21%88%
Mathematics208100%88%46%22%91%
Religious Studies20699%31%37%32%78%
Combined Science14770%65%14%9%80%
History11254%41%68%26%89%
Geography10349%41%47%25%83%
Business Studies8541%18%44%20%85%
Spanish7335%19%56%27%93%
Physics6029%23%78%46%100%
Chemistry6029%23%77%47%100%
Biology6029%23%85%45%100%
Physical Education4823%11%10%24%77%
Polish4622%1%96%84%100%
Design and Technology3818%11%26%23%82%
French3416%18%53%29%100%
Food Preparation and Nutrition2713%8%33%21%89%
Computer Science2411%13%42%30%71%
Art and Design189%7%67%24%100%
Drama136%7%15%27%100%
Media Studies136%4%38%20%85%
Portuguese84%0%63%50%100%
Music73%5%29%33%86%
Italian52%0%53%
Photography52%6%19%
Chinese21%1%75%
3D Design10%2%16%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Health Studies1714%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureSt Paul's Catholic CollegeSurreyEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study269
— of whom A level students1257,325261,341
Average A level gradeB-B-B-
Average points per A level entry38.3137.1935.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsBB-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects23%18%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Mathematics4637%31%
Psychology3528%23%
Biology3125%20%
History2722%13%
Sociology2520%13%
Business Studies2419%13%
Physics2218%12%
Chemistry1714%17%
Geography1210%10%
Media Studies86%4%
Drama86%2%
Further Mathematics86%5%
Product Design76%2%
Computer Science76%5%
Spanish65%2%
Fine Art65%3%
English Literature11%
Religious Studies4%
Polish0%
English Language4%
Physical Education3%
Photography3%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Business StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*3528%
Applied SciencesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*2318%
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)1915%
Health StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*119%
Sports StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*97%

Other secondary schools in Surrey

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Carrington School

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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.