Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–16 · Southampton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Southampton City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2017–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton is a secondary school in Southampton for ages 11–16 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 27 June 2023. Southampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2017 to 2026 entry.
Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026, there were 299 first-choice applications for 191 offers: 1.6 first choices per offer, the highest of 11 Southampton secondary schools.
- For Year 7 2026, 188 offers went to first-choice families and 111 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 103 of the 608 applications for Year 7 2026 came from families living outside Southampton, and 44 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 60 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Southampton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Leaside Way, Swaythling, Southampton, SO16 3DQ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Southampton
- Pupils on roll
- 1,031 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 27 June 2023
Strengths
- “This is a truly inclusive and welcoming school.”
- “The school’s ASPIRE values are understood and treasured by the whole community.”
- “One pupil said, ‘I love the school values.”
To improve
- “They are continuing to use a range of strategies to work with a small cohort of pupils who attend less often.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 September 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 69% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 60 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 299 first-preference applications, 191 offers in total, 188 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Southampton.
- Cantell School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Bitterne Park School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Upper Shirley High School 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic School 2.4 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Woodlands Community College 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Sholing 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Regents Park Community College 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Lord's Hill 3.2 mi Inadequate Last distance published