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The Holy Cross School: data, trends and context

The Holy Cross School is a secondary school in Kingston upon Thames. 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
138459
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Kingston upon Thames
Region
London
Trust
THE HOLY CROSS SCHOOL
Postcode
KT3 5AR
Gender intake
Girls
Religious character
Roman Catholic
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
994
FSM eligible
12.6%
EAL / First language other than English
22.1%
SEND (total)
15.2%
SEN Support
13.1%
EHCP
2.1%
White British
39.4%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
94.4%
Overall absence
5.6%
Persistent absence
14.2%
Severe absence
1.4%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
Kingston upon ThamesLocal authority93.3%6.7%2.2%
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
2.7%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
2.0%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
59.2
English & maths grade 5+
74.2%
English & maths grade 4+
89.7%

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 Holy Cross School against 25 similar schools

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The Holy Cross School is a secondary school in Kingston upon Thames. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.