Newman Catholic College

Voluntary aided school·Secondary school London, Brent·NW10 3RN
Composite score
44.9
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#2,935
National rank
#468
In London
#15
In Brent
Top 92%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
35.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
23%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
44%
% EBacc grade 5+
4%
EBacc average points score
2.99

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
26 first choices, 62 places
First choices per place
0.42
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
89
any preference, for 62 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.4320220.4220230.4520240.4720250.422026

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

Every child who put Newman Catholic 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
11–19
Pupils on roll
677
Gender
Boys
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
37.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
79.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.1%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
27.9%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
12.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£10,893
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
91%
106 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
90%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

About Newman Catholic College

Newman Catholic College is a boys' secondary school in London, Brent, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 677 pupils aged 11 to 19 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 35.9, well below the national average of 46. That is down 3.9 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.

23% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 44% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Newman Catholic College was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 26 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 91% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.8%. There are about 12.7 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 37% 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. Newman Catholic 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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