Ark All Saints Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 568 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.2
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Notre Dame Catholic Girls' School
- Pupils on roll
- 354of 620 places
- Free school meals
- 57.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 116
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 19 March 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Notre Dame Roman Catholic Girls' School (URN 100859, until 1 November 2022).
What the data says
Notre Dame Catholic Girls' School has no sixth form. Of the 130 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 22% moved to a sixth form college, 14% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 91% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.8 against 46.1 across England and 52.1 in Southwark, with 33% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 2% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
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 Southwark and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Southwark | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 130 | 3,117 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 97% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 95% | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 58% | 58% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 22% | 10% | 13% |
| — further education college | 14% | 21% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 2% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Southwark | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.8 | 52.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 55% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% | 73% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 37% | 67% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.80 | 4.82 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 47% | 45% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 41.5 | 44.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 43.9 | 58.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 20% | 33% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 115 | 99% | 89% | 12% | 20% | 70% |
| Mathematics | 115 | 99% | 88% | 11% | 22% | 55% |
| English Literature | 113 | 97% | 86% | 14% | 21% | 76% |
| Religious Studies | 105 | 91% | 31% | 21% | 32% | 64% |
| Combined Science | 87 | 75% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 49% |
| History | 45 | 39% | 41% | 7% | 26% | 69% |
| Geography | 42 | 36% | 41% | 17% | 25% | 55% |
| Spanish | 38 | 33% | 19% | 37% | 27% | 68% |
| Biology | 27 | 23% | 23% | 33% | 45% | 96% |
| Chemistry | 26 | 22% | 23% | 38% | 47% | 88% |
| Physics | 26 | 22% | 23% | 35% | 46% | 85% |
| Fine Art | 16 | 14% | 9% | 6% | 28% | 75% |
| German | 12 | 10% | 5% | 17% | 33% | 67% |
| Textiles | 12 | 10% | 2% | 0% | 27% | 50% |
| Physical Education | 12 | 10% | 11% | 17% | 24% | 67% |
| French | 7 | 6% | 18% | 71% | 29% | 86% |
| Portuguese | 4 | 3% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Sociology | 2 | 2% | 4% | — | 21% | — |
| Business Studies | 2 | 2% | 18% | — | 20% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 48 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 21 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 19 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 11 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Southwark
Ark Globe Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,272 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.4
Ark Walworth Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 973 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.3
Bacon's College
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,025 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.4
City of London Academy (Southwark)
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,589 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.9
Harris Academy Bermondsey
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 781 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.6
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.