All Saints Catholic High School

Voluntary aided school·Secondary school London, Hackney·N16 5AF
Composite score
55.1
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#1,893
National rank
#375
In London
#13
In Hackney
Top 60%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
44.1
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
37%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
63%
% EBacc grade 5+
16%
EBacc average points score
4.01

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
66 first choices, 104 places
First choices per place
0.64
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
255
any preference, for 104 places
Applications from another council area
49%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.13
00.511.5
1 per place
0.2920220.3820230.5520240.7720250.642026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put All Saints Catholic High School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
499
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
52.2%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
52.7%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.6%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.1%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
25.0%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
12.8
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£12,015
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
94%
101 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
94%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

All Saints Catholic High School is a secondary school serving London, Hackney, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 499 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated All Saints Catholic High School 'Good'. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 44.1, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 1.6 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

37% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 63% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. All Saints Catholic High School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 66 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 94% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.1%. There are about 12.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 52% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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