Ursuline High School Wimbledon
Crescent Road, Wimbledon, London, SW20 8HA
This school is closed (it closed in January 2025).
It was replaced by Ursuline High School Wimbledon. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mr Eoin Kelly
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Southwark
- Constituency
- Wimbledon
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 1,386
- Pupils on roll
- 1,385
- URN
- 102683
- Local authority
- Merton
About this school
Ursuline High School Wimbledon was a Roman Catholic girls' voluntary aided secondary school in London. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 1,385 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Ursuline High School Wimbledon has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 208 | 207 | 207 |
| Attainment 8 score | 60.3 | 61.3 | 60.7 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.79 +0.59 to +0.99 | +0.87 +0.66 to +1.07 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 67% | 68.1% | 66.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 88% | 84.1% | 87% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 50% | 57.5% | 61.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.6 |
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 Ursuline High School Wimbledon has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Merton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 60.3 | 42.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 61.3 | 40.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 60.7 | 41.3 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,405 |
| 2023/24 | 1,379 |
| 2024/25 | 1,385 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ursuline High School Wimbledon compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 93% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 60.7 | 5.9% | 17% | 1,385 | — |
| Ursuline High School Wimbledon | — | — | — | 1,396 | 0.0 miles |
| Wimbledon College | 57 | 6% | 22.2% | 1,266 | 0.3 miles |
| Rutlish School | 60.5 | 6% | 24.5% | 1,471 | 0.8 miles |
| Raynes Park High School | 45.3 | 8.7% | 44.3% | 1,134 | 1.1 miles |
| Ricards Lodge High School | 54.2 | 7% | 26.7% | 1,534 | 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)
- 16.95%
- English as an additional language
- 24.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.9%
- Persistent absence
- 13.48%
Location
Nearby schools
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Ursuline High School Wimbledon0.0 miles
Secondary · London
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Wimbledon College0.3 miles
Secondary · London
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Rutlish School0.8 miles
Secondary · London
-
Raynes Park High School1.1 miles
Secondary · London
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Ricards Lodge High School1.2 miles
Secondary · London
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- 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 Ursuline High School Wimbledon teach?
- Ursuline High School Wimbledon taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in London.
- Has Ursuline High School Wimbledon been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Ursuline High School Wimbledon under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Ursuline High School Wimbledon?
- Ursuline High School Wimbledon had 1,385 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- How have Ursuline High School Wimbledon's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 60.3 in 2022/23 and 60.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Ursuline High School Wimbledon's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ursuline High School Wimbledon'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 7 July 2025.