St George's Cathedral Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school London, Southwark·SE1 6HR
Composite score
37.7
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#11,629
National rank
#1563
In London
#59
In Southwark
Top 79%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
12 first choices, 13 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
34
any preference, for 13 places
Applications from another council area
15%

Every child who put St George's Cathedral Catholic Primary School 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
178
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
42.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
59.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£5,252
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

St George's Cathedral Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in London, Southwark, St George's Cathedral Catholic Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 178 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 23.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St George's Cathedral Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 12 families who put it first were offered a place. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 43% 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. St George's Cathedral Catholic Primary School 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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