The London Oratory School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 7–18 · London, Hammersmith and Fulham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hammersmith & Fulham Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The London Oratory School is a secondary school in London, Hammersmith and Fulham for ages 7–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 13 September 2022. Hammersmith and Fulham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2017 to 2026 entry.
The London Oratory School 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 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 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 in 2026, there were 226 first-choice applications for 157 offers, 1.4 first choices per offer, the 3rd highest of 11 Hammersmith and Fulham secondary schools.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 109 offers went to first-choice families, and 117 first-choice families (52%) were not offered a place.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 542 of the 694 applications (78%) came from families living outside Hammersmith and Fulham, and 130 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 78% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Hammersmith and Fulham.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hammersmith and Fulham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Seagrave Road, London, SW6 1RX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 7–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Pupils on roll
- 1,392 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 10.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 13 September 2022
Strengths
- “This is a school where pupils thrive.”
- “Leaders have high ambitions for the achievement of all pupils.”
- “The academic curriculum is broader than the national curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 October 2022 (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) | 78% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 62.3 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B | B- |
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: 226 first-preference applications, 157 offers in total, 109 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 Hammersmith and Fulham.
- The Fulham Boys School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Lady Margaret School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fulham Cross Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Hurlingham Academy 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Sacred Heart High School 1.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- West London Free School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Hammersmith Academy 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published