St Bonaventure's RC School
Secondary · London · E7 9QD
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 29 November 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
1,352 pupils · 104% of 1,300 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 43.2% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 52.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 9.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 2.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Website
- http://www.stbons.org/
- URN
- 102787
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 161 families named it first for 203 Year 7 places, 0.79 first choices per place. We hold 9 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2018 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 29 November 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.79 first-choice applications per place203 places offered · 161 first-choice applications · usually has places
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Cutoff by admission criterion (2025 entry)
- FAITH PG 8
- 0.687 miles
2025 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2026.
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: London school admissions · Newham school admissions
GCSE results (2024/2025)
192 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
A-level results (2024/2025)
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Attainment 8, 2024/2025
On attainment 8, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.
They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Shireland Collegiate Academy | 44.5 | |
| Holly Lodge High School College of Science | 42.1 | |
| Uxbridge High School | 43 | |
| London Academy | 51.7 | |
| Chiltern Academy | 49.5 | |
| Forest Gate Community School | 58.1 | |
| Rivers Academy West London | 54.9 | |
| Ark Academy | 51.5 | |
| Barnhill Community High School | 53.1 | |
| Hatch End High School | 43.9 | |
| Bluecoat Aspley Academy | 48.6 | |
| Oak Wood School | 37.6 |
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
Black African 26% (Newham 14%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 15% (Newham 10%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 9% (Newham 12%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 9% (Newham 5%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 8% (Newham 23%, England 2%) · Any other White background 6% (Newham 11%, England 7%) · Black Caribbean 5% (Newham 3%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Newham 4%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Newham 5%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Newham 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 3% (Newham 1%, England 2%) · White British 2% (Newham 5%, England 59%) · Any other Black background 2% (Newham 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Newham 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Newham 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
7.57 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Newham: 7.92 suspensions and 0.15 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% moved to another state school · 12% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained secondaries: 0.22% vacant, 0.42% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
85.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £68,724; 16.9% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2025-26)
Where the money went (2025-26)
Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 82% (77%) · premises 5% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (7%) · supplies and services 9% (10%) · educational supplies 6% (6%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 2% (3%)
Reserves (2025-26)
Revenue reserve £2,630,975; in-year balance +£364,034
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared
Where pupils go after GCSEs
Where students go after sixth form
Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.
Inspection history since 2015
- 29 November 2022: Outstanding
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 3/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 3/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 33.9% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 26% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 19.6% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 29.8% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 48.4% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 37.7% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 23.1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 38.9% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 8.4% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 44.4% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 23.7% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 48% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003574 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £480,000399 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £361,000–£577,500the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 9an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 17an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 93an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 9an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted