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Ursuline High School Wimbledon

Secondary · London · SW20 8HA

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Good

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.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 12 October 2021

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At a glance

1,396 pupils · 100% of 1,386 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Girls
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
17.3% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.ursulinehigh.merton.sch.uk
URN
151350

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.23 first-choice applications per place

206 places offered · 254 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

The council does not publish a cutoff distance for this school.

Cutoff distances as published by the local authority (source). Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.3%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£5,047
Typical secondary school£7,799

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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