Academy · Kensington and Chelsea
The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School
- Secondary
- Ages 11–18
- Boys
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
Term dates
Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Kensington and Chelsea council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
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, 244 families put this school as their first choice, and 123 places were offered. 91 of the families who put it first got a place (37%). More families put it first than there were places.
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 123 | 244 | 37% |
| September 2025 | 124 | 253 | 40% |
| September 2024 | 122 | 218 | 44% |
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.
Before and after school
This club is registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:
- St Mary's Ukrainian School Summer Camp, holiday club. Ofsted report
Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.
Ofsted inspection
Report card, 15 April 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Exceptional
- Attendance and behaviour
- Exceptional
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Exceptional
- Sixth form
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Exceptional
Safeguarding standards: met.
Previous inspection, 16 November 2021. Overall: Outstanding
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
- Academy
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Pupils
- 1034 (capacity 922)
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Westminster
- Academy trust
- SAINT JOHN SOUTHWORTH CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Phone
- 02076038478
- Address
- 89 Addison Road, London, W14 8BZ
- Website
- cvms.co.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.