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St Michael's Catholic College

URN
150937
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
St Michael's Catholic College
URN
150937
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Exceptional

92 / 100

Exceptional

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

97

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

77

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 5% of secondary schools in England

Top 5% nationally

#2 of 19 schools in Southwark

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Recommended

This school performs well across several areas and may suit many families.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Reach choice
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Your decision briefing for St Michael's Catholic College

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for St Michael's Catholic College

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
9 June 2025
Inspection date
29 April 2025
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Outstanding

    Graded 9 June 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Outstanding

    Graded 9 June 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

145

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

571

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

145

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

3.94×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Southwark
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Southwark)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
https://www.stmichaelscollege.org.uk/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Southwark to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

58.0

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

66.0%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

83.0%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

86.4%

EBacc achievement

Location

SE16 4UN - Llewellyn Street, London

Contact details

Address
Llewellyn Street, London
Postcode
SE16 4UN
Phone
2072326432
Website
https://www.stmichaelscollege.org.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Southwark
Local authority code
210

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 216 schools in Southwark.

Authority statistics

Total schools

216

Open schools

121

Closed schools

95

Primary schools

112

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Outstanding

    Graded 9 June 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Outstanding

    Graded 9 June 2025

  • Sixth form

    Outstanding

    Graded 9 June 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    9 June 202529 April 2025S5 InspectionInspectionView report for inspection published 9 June 2025
    • Inspection

      Published
      9 June 2025
      Inspected
      29 April 2025
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    25.4%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 126

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    49.0%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Below average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    37.1

    Value added

    Value added

    -0.22

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    15.0%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    36

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary112 (53.1%)
    • Secondary36 (17.1%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other63 (29.9%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    St Michael's Catholic College87 mSecondaryClosed
    St Michael's Catholic College87 mSecondaryClosed
    St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School140 mPrimaryClosed
    St Joseph's Catholic Primary School140 mPrimaryOpen
    Riverside Primary School186 mPrimaryOpen
    St James' Church of England Primary School209 mPrimaryOpen
    The Charter School Bermondsey472 mSecondaryOpen
    Scott Lidgett School522 mSecondaryClosed
    Southwark College522 m16 plusClosed
    Highway Christian School527 mNot applicableClosed
    • St Michael's Catholic College
      Distance
      87 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • St Michael's Catholic College
      Distance
      87 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School
      Distance
      140 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
      Distance
      140 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

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    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Southwark)

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    Archbishop Michael Ramsey Technology CollegeSecondarySE5 0UBClosed
    Ark All Saints AcademySecondarySE5 0UBOpen
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    Aylwin Girls' SchoolSecondarySE16 3TZClosed
    Bacon's CollegeSecondarySE16 6ATClosed
    • Archbishop Michael Ramsey Technology College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      SE5 0UB
      Status
      Closed
    • Ark All Saints Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      SE5 0UB
      Status
      Open
    • Ark Walworth Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      SE1 5UJ
      Status
      Open
    • Aylwin Girls' School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      SE16 3TZ
      Status
      Closed
    • Bacon's College
    Riverside Primary School
    Distance
    186 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St James' Church of England Primary School
    Distance
    209 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • The Charter School Bermondsey
    Distance
    472 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Scott Lidgett School
    Distance
    522 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Southwark College
    Distance
    522 m
    Phase
    16 plus
    Status
    Closed
  • Highway Christian School
    Distance
    527 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    SE16 6AT
    Status
    Closed