Saint Gabriel's College

Voluntary aided school·Secondary school London, Lambeth·SW9 6UL
Composite score
59.9
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#1,206
National rank
#291
In London
#8
In Lambeth
Top 38%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
47.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
43%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
64%
% EBacc grade 5+
25%
EBacc average points score
4.23

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
55 first choices, 101 places
First choices per place
0.55
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
212
any preference, for 101 places
Applications from another council area
49%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.17
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7120220.7720230.5920240.7120250.552026

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

Every child who put Saint Gabriel's College 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
11–16
Pupils on roll
594
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
49.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
46.6%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.6%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
22.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
12.0
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£12,826
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
87%
115 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
85%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Saint Gabriel's College is a secondary school serving London, Lambeth, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. It has 594 pupils aged 11 to 16 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 47.9 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 4.8 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 38% of secondary schools nationally.

43% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 64% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Saint Gabriel's College their first choice was offered one of its 101 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 87% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.6%. There are about 12.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 49% 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. Saint Gabriel's College does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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