SCHOOL PROFILE

The St Thomas the Apostle College: data, trends and context

The St Thomas the Apostle College is a secondary school in Southwark. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
100857
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Voluntary aided school
Status
Open
Local authority
Southwark
Region
London
Postcode
SE15 2EB
Gender intake
Boys
Religious character
Roman Catholic
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,140
FSM eligible
45.5%
EAL / First language other than English
30.0%
SEND (total)
13.7%
SEN Support
10.9%
EHCP
2.8%
White British
4.8%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
95.0%
Overall absence
5.0%
Persistent absence
12.4%
Severe absence
0.84%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
SouthwarkLocal authority93.0%7.0%3.0%
LondonRegion92.7%7.3%2.9%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
20.9%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
10.7%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
61.7
English & maths grade 5+
72.0%
English & maths grade 4+
86.3%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See The St Thomas the Apostle College against 25 similar schools

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The St Thomas the Apostle College is a secondary school in Southwark. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.