St Angela's Ursuline School

About St Angela's Ursuline School

St Angela's Ursuline School, a state-funded Roman Catholic girls' secondary in Newham, delivers academic outcomes that sit comfortably above the local authority average. Its Progress 8 score of 0.34 is notably higher than the Newham average of 0.13 for schools of this type, meaning pupils here make significantly more progress from Key Stage 2 to 4 than their peers across the borough. This places the school 7th out of 21 secondary schools in Newham, comfortably inside the top third locally. The Attainment 8 score of 57 and an EBacc average point score of 5.02 further underline strong academic performance, with 83.4% of pupils achieving a grade 4 or above in English and maths. The school is heavily oversubscribed: for 189 Year 7 places in the 2025/26 intake, there were 504 total applications and 179 first-preference applications, a ratio of 2.67 applicants per place.

The school's most recent Ofsted inspection in November 2022 awarded it Outstanding across every category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and sixth-form provision. This is a clean sweep of top grades, and it matches the Outstanding rating the school held in its previous inspection in 2009. At Key Stage 5, the sixth form is rated Outstanding too, with a points per entry of 37.26 (equivalent to a B- grade) and a best three A-levels grade of B-. The value-added score for sixth form is -0.06, which falls within the 'Average' banding, suggesting students achieve broadly in line with expectations given their prior attainment. The school's Progress 8 banding is 'Above average', with particularly strong progress in English (0.38) and open subjects (0.62), while maths and EBacc subjects show more modest but still positive progress scores of 0.13 and 0.17 respectively.

Facilities are generous for a state school, including a swimming pool, astro turf, playing fields, a chapel, and a dedicated sixth-form centre. The school supports a wide range of SEND needs, including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, autistic spectrum disorder, and speech, language and communication needs. With 39.7% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a diverse and disadvantaged intake while still achieving strong outcomes. Extracurricular life is active: clubs include the Duke of Edinburgh's Award, Young Enterprise, coding, chess, debate, and a science club, while sports on offer range from football and rugby to badminton and cross country. This is a school that suits families who want a Catholic girls' education with a proven track record of strong academic progress, a well-regarded sixth form, and a broad range of enrichment opportunities — all within a highly oversubscribed but inclusive setting.

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