St Michael's Catholic College
Llewellyn Street, London, SE16 4UN
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Catholic
- Trust
- ST BENEDICT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Felicity Corcorcan
- Constituency
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 980
- Pupils on roll
- 948
- URN
- 150937
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02072326432
About this school
St Michael's Catholic College is a Catholic secondary academy in London. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 948 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 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 147 |
| Attainment 8 score | 58.0 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 66% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 83% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 86.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.5 |
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 St Michael's Catholic College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
How St Michael's Catholic College compares
St Michael's Catholic College ranked 5th of 20 secondary schools in Southwark 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 59% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 58 | 5% | 36.9% | 948 | — |
| The Charter School Bermondsey | 40.9 | 11.3% | 63.6% | 497 | 0.3 miles |
| Harris Academy Bermondsey | 54.6 | 6.5% | 58.2% | 781 | 0.5 miles |
| Mulberry Academy London Dock | — | 5.3% | 40.9% | 304 | 0.6 miles |
| City of London Academy (Southwark) | 52.9 | 7.9% | 55.5% | 1,589 | 0.7 miles |
| St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School | 52.7 | 7.5% | 54.8% | 620 | 0.9 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)
- 36.86%
- English as an additional language
- 37.6%
- Overall absence
- 5.03%
- Persistent absence
- 12.02%
Location
Nearby schools
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The Charter School Bermondsey0.3 miles
Secondary · London
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Harris Academy Bermondsey0.5 miles
Secondary · London
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Mulberry Academy London Dock0.6 miles
Secondary · London
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City of London Academy (Southwark)0.7 miles
Secondary · London
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St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School0.9 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in London
St Michael's Catholic College ranks 51st 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 St Michael's Catholic College teach?
- St Michael's Catholic College teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of St Michael's Catholic College?
- The headteacher of St Michael's Catholic College is Ms Felicity Corcorcan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was St Michael's Catholic College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected St Michael's Catholic College, 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 St Michael's Catholic College?
- St Michael's Catholic College has 948 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is St Michael's Catholic College full?
- St Michael's Catholic College has capacity for 980 pupils and 948 on roll (97%), 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 St Michael's Catholic College a faith school?
- Yes. St Michael's Catholic College is designated Catholic.
- Who runs St Michael's Catholic College?
- St Michael's Catholic College is part of ST BENEDICT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How does St Michael's Catholic College rank locally?
- St Michael's Catholic College ranked 5th of 20 secondary schools in Southwark 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 59% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is St Michael's Catholic College's absence rate?
- St Michael's Catholic College's overall absence rate is 5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are St Michael's Catholic College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Michael's Catholic College'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 10 July 2026.