St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls
Shorts Road, Carshalton, SM5 3PS
1,425 pupils · 92% of 1,549 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Sutton
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 16.7%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 24 February 2022, published 9 May 2022. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 57.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 60% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 81.3% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 67.4% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.02 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 231 | 235 | 771 | 231 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 230 | 225 | 752 | 230 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 242 | 293 | 833 | 242 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 260 | 293 | 836 | 260 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 246 | 309 | 816 | 246 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 238 | 250 | 807 | 238 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 238 | 307 | 924 | 238 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 237 | 253 | 843 | 237 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Carshalton High School for Girls 0.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Sutton Grammar School 1.4 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Wallington County Grammar School 1.5 km · Outstanding — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Carshalton Boys Sports College 1.5 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Greenshaw High School 1.6 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Oaks Park High School 2 km · Good (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.