St Paul's Catholic College, Sunbury-on-Thames

In 2026, pupils at St Paul's Catholic College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 60, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.8 in Surrey and 47 across England.

72% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 54% in Surrey and 47% in England.

That is down from 61.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.85: 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 50.2, against 61.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 267 families put St Paul's Catholic College as their first choice and 794 named it as one of their preferences, for 210 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 78 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Paul's Catholic College are Sunbury Manor School (0.3 miles); Sunbury Manor School (0.3 miles, Inadequate, Attainment 8 38.4); The Bishop Wand Church of England School (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.7); and Heathside Walton-on-Thames (1.3 miles).

St Paul's Catholic College's 2026 results were higher than all 2 of them.

St Paul's Catholic College is one of 6 schools run by Ascension Catholic Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 207 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 93% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 26% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 126 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 72% went on to university or other higher education, 6% to apprenticeships and 13% into work. 17% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

11.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Sunbury Rail Station, about 460 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Paul's School (outside), 40 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Paul's Catholic College stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 6th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, St Paul's Catholic College issued 60 suspensions, 4.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to St Paul's Catholic College are St Ignatius Catholic Primary School (0.1 miles), Chennestone Primary School (0.4 miles), Springfield Primary School (0.5 miles) and Hawkedale Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.