St Gregory's Catholic Science College

Academy converter·Secondary school Harrow, Brent·HA3 0NB
Composite score
75.8
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#240
National rank
#63
In London
#4
In Brent
Top 8%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
60.6
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
68%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
85%
% EBacc grade 5+
48%
EBacc average points score
5.81

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
83%
205 first choices, 190 places
First choices per place
1.08
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
536
any preference, for 190 places
Applications from another council area
41%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1520221.0920231.1520241.1120251.082026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for St Gregory's Catholic Science College yet. Brent 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
1,160
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.9%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
56.5%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.1%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
16.3%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.2
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,272
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%
184 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
97%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

St Gregory's Catholic Science College at a glance

Located in Harrow, Brent, St Gregory's Catholic Science College is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 1,160 pupils aged 11 to 18. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 60.6, well above the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 3.1 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 8% of secondary schools in England.

68% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 85% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 83% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (205 first choices for 190 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 5.9%. There are about 17.2 pupils per teacher. St Gregory's Catholic Science 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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