Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School
Belltrees Grove, London, SW16 2HY
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Ms Bernadette Boyle
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Southwark
- Constituency
- Streatham and Croydon North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,200
- Pupils on roll
- 1,187
- URN
- 100638
- Local authority
- Lambeth
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02087693294
About this school
Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided secondary school in London. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 1,187 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 195 | 179 | 177 |
| Attainment 8 score | 57.7 | 59.4 | 57.7 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.77 +0.57 to +0.97 | +0.74 +0.54 to +0.95 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 67% | 70.4% | 61.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 85% | 84.4% | 83.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 57% | 59.2% | 67.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lambeth average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 57.7 | 36.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 59.4 | 36.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 57.7 | 37.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,205 |
| 2023/24 | 1,175 |
| 2024/25 | 1,179 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School compares
Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School ranked 1st of 15 secondary schools in Lambeth for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 91% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 91% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57.7 | 3.7% | 24.1% | 1,187 | — |
| St Joseph's College | 45.5 | 5.8% | 43% | 739 | 0.6 miles |
| The Norwood School | 50.2 | 8.8% | 32.2% | 1,076 | 0.8 miles |
| Norbury High School for Girls | 46.4 | 9.8% | 37.5% | 1,082 | 1.0 miles |
| The Elmgreen School | 40.1 | 9.8% | 43.6% | 1,082 | 1.1 miles |
| City Heights E-ACT Academy | 40.6 | 8.5% | 60.9% | 460 | 1.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 24.07%
- English as an additional language
- 42.2%
- Overall absence
- 3.68%
- Persistent absence
- 5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Joseph's College0.6 miles
Secondary · London
-
The Norwood School0.8 miles
Secondary · London
-
Norbury High School for Girls1.0 miles
Secondary · Thornton Heath
-
The Elmgreen School1.1 miles
Secondary · London
-
City Heights E-ACT Academy1.2 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in London
Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School ranks 52nd of the 258 ranked secondary schools in London.
- Acland Burghley School Secondary
- Ada Lovelace Church of England High School Secondary
- Addey and Stanhope School Secondary
- AIM Academy North London Secondary
- Alexandra Park School Secondary
- All Saints Catholic College Secondary
- All Saints Catholic High School Secondary
- Ark Acton Academy Secondary
- Ark All Saints Academy Secondary
- Ark Bolingbroke Academy Secondary
- Ark Burlington Danes Academy Secondary
- Ark Elvin Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School teach?
- Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a secondary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School?
- The headteacher of Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School is Ms Bernadette Boyle, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School?
- Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School has 1,187 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School full?
- Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School has capacity for 1,200 pupils and 1,187 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School a faith school?
- Yes. Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School is designated Roman Catholic, in the Archdiocese of Southwark.
- Is Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School a selective school?
- No. Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 57.7 in 2022/23 and 57.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School rank locally?
- Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School ranked 1st of 15 secondary schools in Lambeth for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 91% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 91% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School's absence rate?
- Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School's overall absence rate is 3.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.