St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls, Carshalton

In its own words: "St Philomena's School was first established in 1893 when the Daughters of the Cross opened a boarding school for Catholic girls called St Philomena’s. Until recent years, it was a convent school with the sisters practising their faith daily here at the school."

In 2026, pupils at St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls averaged an Attainment 8 score of 54.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 62.3 in Sutton and 47 across England.

58% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 72% in Sutton and 47% in England.

That is down from 57.2 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.68: 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 49.1, against 55.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 6.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Business Studies and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 235 families put St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls as their first choice and 771 named it as one of their preferences, for 231 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 44 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls are Carshalton High School for Girls (0.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.7); Sutton Grammar School (0.9 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 82.6); Wallington County Grammar School (0.9 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 82); and Carshalton Boys Sports College (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 46.1).

St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Of the 229 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 99% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 15% to a further education college.

Of the 148 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 80% went on to university or other higher education, 1% to apprenticeships and 9% into work. 32% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

37.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (25%), Black (25%) and Asian (17%).

In 2026, 182 pupils (12.8%) received SEN support and 26 (1.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Carshalton Station, about 480 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Carshalton Road / Cambridge Road (->e), 150 metres away.

In 2024/25, St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls issued 66 suspensions, 4.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls are St Mary's RC Junior School (0.1 miles), St Mary's RC Infants School (0.2 miles), Harris Junior Academy Carshalton (0.4 miles) and Victor Seymour Infants' School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.