Wimbledon College

Voluntary aided school·Secondary school London, Merton·SW19 4NS
Composite score
71.2
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National rank
#108
In London
#4
In Merton
Top 11%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
57.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
69%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
83%
% EBacc grade 5+
43%
EBacc average points score
5.43

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
73%
188 first choices, 194 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
844
any preference, for 194 places
Applications from another council area
43%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6720220.7120230.7720240.9120250.972026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Wimbledon College yet. Merton does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,258
Gender
Boys
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.2%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
37.0%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
14.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.0
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,791
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
97%
191 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
96%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Wimbledon College at a glance

Located in London, Merton, Wimbledon College is a boys' secondary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 1,258 pupils aged 11 to 18. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 57.0 — well above the national average (national average: 46). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 11% of secondary schools in England.

69% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 83% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 73% of the families who made Wimbledon College their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 97% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 18.0 pupils per teacher. Wimbledon 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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