Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School, London

In 2026, pupils at Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 58.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.5 in Lambeth and 47 across England.

67% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 46% in Lambeth and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 57.7.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.74: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 50.7, against 60.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 304 families put Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School as their first choice and 770 named it as one of their preferences, for 176 places offered. That is 1.7 first choices for every place. 144 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School are Silburn Reid (0.4 miles); Dunraven School (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.6); St Joseph's College (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44); and The Norwood School (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.9).

Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School's 2026 results were higher than all 3 of them.

268 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School (as of September 2025): 97% would recommend the school, 97% say their child is happy there and 88% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (99%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (88%).

Of the 179 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 97% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 11% to a further education college and 1% into work.

Of the 131 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 81% went on to university or other higher education, 1% to apprenticeships and 6% into work. 29% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

40.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (24%), White British (17%) and Mixed (11%).

Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School had 89 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Streatham Station, about 870 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Rookery, 180 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 705 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Lambeth (1302).

In 2024/25, Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School issued 44 suspensions, 3.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School are Sunnyhill Primary School (0.3 miles), St Andrew's Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles), Crown Lane Primary School (0.4 miles) and Immanuel and St Andrew Church of England Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.