Secondary
St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls
Shorts Road, Carshalton, SM5 3PS
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Girls
- Pupils
- 1425 of 1549 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
- Local authority
- Sutton
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Southwark
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 77.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 104.0
- Pupils per adult
- 14.1
- Pupils
- 1,462
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2022
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
60%
10 points above the Carshalton average (50% across 4 schools)
57.2
7.9 above the Carshalton average (49.3 across 4 schools)
1st of 4 by our score, among the secondary schools in Carshalton we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 57.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 5.3 |
| Entered the EBacc | 67% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 81% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 60% |
| A level average points per entry | 37.97 |
| A level students | 88 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 75% |
| 22/23 | 65% |
| 23/24 | 64% |
| 24/25 | 60% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 40.3 |
| 22/23 | 37.7 |
| 23/24 | 37.0 |
| 24/25 | 38.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.71 |
| 22/23 | +0.60 |
| 23/24 | +0.68 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 63.1 |
| 22/23 | 58.8 |
| 23/24 | 57.7 |
| 24/25 | 57.2 |
Shorts Road, Carshalton, SM5 3PS
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Sutton admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Maria Noone
- Address
- Shorts Road, Carshalton, SM5 3PS
- Telephone
- 02086422025