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Boys secondary school in London, Hammersmith and Fulham

The London Oratory School

Seagrave Road, London, SW6 1RX

Ofsted Outstanding · 2022 Sixth form Roman Catholic Boys Full
School website 02073850102

Ofsted

Outstandingas at 13 September 2022

Graded Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 13 September 2022.

Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

62.3 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

78% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

89% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

6 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

83% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the top 10% of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the top 10%.

Progress 8 2023/24

0.62confidence interval 0.41 to 0.83

Taking that range into account, pupils made more progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as well above average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
B
Average points per entry
41.2

England average 32.3

A level students
201

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1392
Places
1231
How full
Full — 1392 pupils against 1231 places
Girls / boys
127 / 1265
Overall absence
7%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
22%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
12%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
43%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
3%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
7%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
98%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
98%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
1%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
81%
No sustained destination
1%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
185

After sixth form

Went to university
77%

England 50%

In education, work or training
89%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
1%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
178

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

75% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
90%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
185

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Hammersmith and Fulham 017D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
63%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
10%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
28%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
26%

England 17%

Households with no car
64%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
34%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 7–18
Gender
Boys
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
THE LONDON ORATORY SCHOOL
Headteacher
Acting Headmaster: Daniel Wright
Local authority
Hammersmith and Fulham
Ward
Lillie
Constituency
Chelsea and Fulham
URN
137157

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
The Fulham Boys SchoolFree schools Good 2022 61.4 0.3 mi
Chelsea AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 51.9 0.5 mi
Lady Margaret SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2023 66.3 0.6 mi
CollinghamOther independent school No grade 0.8 mi
The Fulham Prep School LtdOther independent school No grade 0.8 mi
Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language CollegeAcademy converter Good 2022 57.1 0.9 mi
Fulham Cross AcademyAcademy converter Good 2023 45.7 1 mi
The Hurlingham AcademyAcademy sponsor led Outstanding 2024 58.4 1 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
St John Payne Catholic School, ChelmsfordVoluntary aided school Good 2024 49.9
Hillview School for GirlsAcademy converter Good 2023 48
Ormiston Rivers AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 41.9
Bassingbourn Village CollegeAcademy converter Good 2023 47.5
Twyford Church of England High SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2023 67.1
Mayfield Grammar School, GravesendAcademy converter Outstanding 2024 64.3
The Folkestone School for GirlsAcademy converter Good 2024 57.9
De Lisle College Loughborough LeicestershireAcademy converter Good 2022 55.1

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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