St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls

Term dates

Voluntary aided schools can set their own term dates. Many follow Sutton council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Sutton's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 235 families put this school as their first choice, and 231 places were offered. 191 of the families who put it first got a place (81%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 24 February 2022. Overall: Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Sixth form

Outstanding

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Voluntary aided school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

1425 (capacity 1549)

Gender

Girls

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Diocese

Archdiocese of Southwark

Phone

02086422025

Address

Shorts Road, Carshalton, SM5 3PS

Website

stphils.org.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports