St George's Cathedral Catholic Primary School
Primary · London · SE1 6HR
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 6 June 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
167 pupils · 71% of 235 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Free school meals
- 35.8% of pupils (January 2026)
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.stgcs.southwark.sch.uk
- URN
- 151500
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 12 families named it first for 13 Reception places, 0.92 first choices per place. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 6 June 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.92 first-choice applications per place13 places offered · 12 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Compare admissions across the area: London school admissions · Southwark school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
Any other ethnic group 24% (Southwark 8%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 23% (Southwark 4%, England 1%) · Black African 23% (Southwark 23%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 10% (Southwark 8%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Southwark 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 4% (Southwark 10%, England 7%) · White British 4% (Southwark 21%, England 60%) · Black Caribbean 3% (Southwark 6%, England 1%) · Not recorded 2% (Southwark 5%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Southwark 2%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Southwark 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Southwark 2%, England 2%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £64,698; 11.1% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 50.5% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 7.8% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 35.3% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 15.5% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 54.3% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 32.7% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 37.1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 29.9% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 0.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 91.3% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 3.5% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 74.9% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003930 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £594,000996 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £440,000–£808,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth 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
- 3an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 29an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 228an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 51an 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