The St Thomas the Apostle College | School performance

86%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

72%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

61.7

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

70%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

916.2

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,111

Pupils · 2024/25

33%

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

86%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

72%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

61.7

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

70%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

916.2

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,111

Pupils · 2024/25

33%

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

86%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

72%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

61.7

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

70%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

916.2

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,111

Pupils · 2024/25

33%

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Standards maintained

Ofsted inspection · 06/11/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authoritySouthwark

PhaseSecondary with sixth form with sixth form

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio13.2:1

AdmissionsNon-selective

Religious characterRoman Catholic

StatusOpen

Overview of The St Thomas the Apostle College · Secondary with sixth form · Southwark

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 4 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

GCSE 9–4 incl. Eng & maths

86%

+1pp

90%82%74%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 86%

GCSE 5+ incl. Eng & maths

72%

0pp

78%68%58%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 72%

Attainment 8

61.7

+1.2

63.758.553.4

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 61.7

EBacc entry

70%

+4pp

70%62%54%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 70%

EBacc APS

916.2

+9.2

916.2728.8541.5

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 916.2

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Sixth form

Key Stage 5 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

A-level APS

42.2

+0.4

44.041.839.6

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 42.2

A-level value added

+0.08

-0.1

+0.5+0.3+0.1

'17'18'19'24'25

'25 · +0.1

AAB+ in facilitating subjects

30%

-2pp

32%27%22%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 30%

Average A-level grade

B+

B+B+B

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · B+

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

1,111

Pupil : teacher ratio

13.2

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

33%

FSM eligible

47%

SEN

13%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

12%

Contact

Address

Hollydale Road, Nunhead, London, SE15 2EB

Local authority

Southwark

Website

http://www.stac.uk.com/

Telephone

02076390106

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Secondary — Key Stage 4

GCSE attainment and Progress 8 — how pupils progressed from KS2 to KS4.

Year	GCSE 9–4	GCSE 5+	Attainment 8	Progress 8	EBacc entry	EBacc APS	EBacc lang entry	Cohort
2024/25	86%	72%	61.7	Not applicable	70%	916.2	72%	1,111
2023/24	86%	72%	60.5	+1.45	66%	907.0	71%	1,101
2022/23	90%	78%	63.7	+1.24	68%	910.4	74%	1,083
2021/22	89%	76%	60.9	+1.21	68%	867.3	74%	1,069
2018/19	74%	58%	53.4	+1.00	54%	541.5	67%	935
2017/18	72%	54%	53.8	+0.90	73%	500.3	97%	835
2016/17	74%	48%	52.0	+0.91	66%	—	88%	747

Sixth form — Key Stage 5

Year	A-level APS	Avg grade	VA progress	AAB+	Cohort
2024/25	42.2	B+	+0.08	30%	141
2023/24	41.8	B+	+0.21	32%	147
2022/23	42.1	B+	—	26%	133
2021/22	44.0	B+	—	30%	129
2018/19	39.6	B	+0.46	22%	80
2017/18	33.2	C+	+0.18	9%	62
2016/17	36.4	B-	+0.29	28%	46

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	1,111	14.4	13%	33%	47%	5%	12%
2023/24	1,101	15.2	12%	35%	45%	5%	14%
2022/23	1,083	15.4	13%	36%	44%	5%	14%
2021/22	1,069	13.9	15%	35%	43%	5%	12%
2020/21	1,034	13.8	13%	37%	33%	—	—
2018/19	935	12.6	9%	40%	43%	5%	12%
2017/18	835	11.4	9%	42%	44%	4%	12%
2016/17	747	10.7	9%	41%	45%	5%	12%