Ursuline High School Wimbledon

Ursuline High School Wimbledon at a glance

Located in London, Merton, Ursuline High School Wimbledon is a girls' secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 1,385 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 60.7, well above the national average of 46. That is down 0.6 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 7% of secondary schools in England.

66% 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. Competition for places is real here - 65% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (254 first choices for 206 places). Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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.