Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton

Voluntary aided school·Secondary school Southampton·SO16 3DQ
Composite score
75.0
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#245
National rank
#67
In South East
#1
In Southampton
Top 8%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
60.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
69%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
87%
% EBacc grade 5+
33%
EBacc average points score
5.41

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
63%
299 first choices, 191 places
First choices per place
1.56
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
608
any preference, for 191 places
Applications from another council area
17%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01
00.511.52
1 per place
1.5220221.5920231.5920241.5720251.562026

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

Southampton does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
1,026
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.9%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
44.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.8%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.4%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.2%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
12.5%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.2
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,699
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%
208 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
95%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton

Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton is a secondary school in Southampton, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 1,026 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school holds an 'Outstanding' judgement from Ofsted. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 60.0 — well above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 1.3 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 8% 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%. 87% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton is oversubscribed: about 6 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 299 first choices for 191 places. 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 5.2%. There are about 16.2 pupils per teacher. 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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