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All Saints Catholic College has undergone a transfiguration, embracing forward-thinking teaching within the ethos of its Catholic mission. Inspired and visionary staff have fearlessly produced a 21st-century school for all by combining social, community and learning needs. Worth converting to Catholicism for!
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Overview & data
- Pupil numbers
- 846 ·
- Religion
- Catholic
- Local authority
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council
Headteacher
Acting head
Mr Andrew O'Neill
Since 2025, Paul Walton, acting head. Originally from Sheffield, he attended a large state school and was the first member of his family to go to university — ‘an experience that fundamentally shaped my belief in education as a powerful force for
Entrance
London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (or Pan-London eAdmissions) procedure, with supplementary form for the diocese of Westminster. School's proximity to Ladbroke Grove tube makes it handy for applicants in other boroughs (currently Barnet,
- Open days
- September
Entry and exit data - year 7 entry (average 2020-2022)
Exit
No sixth form, so after year 11 students move to a variety of London colleges and schools including St Charles Catholic Sixth Form College or to Westminster City School, and a handful of girls have picked up bursaries at Francis Holland independent.
Latest results
In 2025, 30 per cent 9-7 at GCSE; 75 per cent 9-4 including English and maths.
GCSE - % of pupils achieving grade 5 or above (A* to C) in English and maths GCSE (2024)
What is this?
This tells you the percentage of pupils who achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs.
Teaching & learning
National curriculum, underpinned by Catholic ethos, with core subjects taught to KS3, including maths sets, a choice of French or Spanish and a carousel of art and design, food and nutrition, ICT, music. Year 10s follow GCSE choices which include
- Qualifications taken in 2024
- BTEC
- GCSE
Learning support & SEN
Inclusion here is alive and kicking, a world away from the virtue-signalling of some ambitious schools. A large SEN department, aka the ‘dream team’, supports a discrete base for speech and language needs, the Bethlehem Centre. Up to nine children
Arts & extracurricular
A drama studio complete with blackouts, sound deck, lighting board and stepped seating is a centrepiece of the new building. Years 7-9 take drama once a week as part of the curriculum and can choose drama club. Drama GCSE is an option for KS4. An
Sport
The whole school takes PE at least once a week. Two sports teachers coach a limited range of games on site including football, volleyball, basketball; competitive matches make use of other schools’ facilities. KS4 students can take sports studies as
Ethos & heritage
A small Catholic primary school was on the north-west London site before the war until 1958 when it rose to become Cardinal Manning School for Girls, later renamed Sion-Manning Catholic Girls’ School. By 2016, pupil numbers had dropped so low the
Pastoral care, inclusivity & discipline
‘Small acts of inclusivity contribute to a culture of inclusivity - a lot of it is driven by Catholicism that is the ethos of the school,’ says the SENCo. The school walks the walk, from its active SEN support within mainstream to the head’s
Mobile phone policy
A clear mobile phone policy is a really important part of modern schooling. This school has provided us with their policy.
Mobile phone policy
Provided by the school and not part of our review Students are permitted to bring their mobile phones to school, but they must be turned off and kept in their bags/blazer while on the school site. If a phone is seen or heard on the school site it is confiscated for five days and must be collected by a parent/carer.
Pupils & parents
At break, we saw groups of girls, with arms linked, sauntering in the playground and boys kicking a football and joshing with passing staff - all good humoured and polite. In the Bethlehem Centre pupils were confident to chip in to the discussion and
The last word
All Saints Catholic College has undergone a transfiguration, embracing forward-thinking teaching within the ethos of its Catholic mission. Inspired and visionary staff have fearlessly produced a 21st-century school for all by combining social,
Inspection reports
Ofsted reports
Full inspection: Outstanding
You can read full reports on the Ofsted website
| Personal development | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
Full inspection: Good
| Leadership and management | Good |
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