The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · London, Kensington and Chelsea
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School is a secondary school in London, Kensington and Chelsea for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Kensington and Chelsea has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC 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 |
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 244 first-choice applications for 123 offers; 91 offers went to first-choice families, and 153 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- At 2.0 first choices per offer, the Year 7 entry for 2026 had the highest figure of 6 Kensington and Chelsea secondary schools.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 564 of the 662 applications (85%) came from families living outside Kensington and Chelsea, and 115 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 80% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 67.2 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kensington and Chelsea schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- 89 Addison Road, London, W14 8BZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Pupils on roll
- 1,034 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 15 April 2026
Strengths
- “Leaders are exceedingly ambitious for every pupil and act with unwavering intent to secure the very best for them.”
- “Staff nurture pupils' interests and talents to an exceptional level, creating a community where pupils feel safe, behave with kindness and courtesy and treat one another with respect.”
- “Behaviour is exemplary and attendance is high.”
To improve
- “Teachers check pupils' understanding regularly although in some subjects this is not as consistently as in other areas.”
- “They recognise the opportunity to embed its use so that adaptations are even more precisely aligned to pupils' needs.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 June 2026 (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) | 80% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 67.2 | 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: 244 first-preference applications, 123 offers in total, 91 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 Kensington and Chelsea.
- Holland Park School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kensington Aldridge Academy 0.7 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- All Saints Catholic College 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Chelsea Academy 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St. Thomas More Language College 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published