Side by side
Haberdashers' Borough Academy and Notre Dame Catholic Girls' School
The published facts for both schools, each with its source. Where a school or the government has not published something, the cell says so. We do not name a winner.
What differs
- Haberdashers' Borough Academy takes boys and girls; Notre Dame Catholic Girls' School is a girls' school.
- Haberdashers' Borough Academy takes ages 11 to 18; Notre Dame Catholic Girls' School takes ages 11 to 16.
- Haberdashers' Borough Academy has 983 pupils; Notre Dame Catholic Girls' School has 354.
- The two schools are 0.5 miles apart in a straight line.
Facts side by side
| Fact | Haberdashers' Borough Academy | Notre Dame Catholic Girls' School |
|---|---|---|
| The basics | ||
| Type | State-funded: Free school DfE register | State-funded: Academy converter DfE register |
| Ages | 11 to 18 DfE register | 11 to 16 DfE register |
| Gender | Mixed DfE register | Girls DfE register |
| Pupils | 983 DfE register | 354 DfE register |
| Religious character | Not published | Roman Catholic DfE register |
| Borough | Southwark DfE register | Southwark DfE register |
| Boarding | Not published | No DfE register |
| Admissions policy | Non-selective DfE register | Non-selective DfE register |
| Admissions for 2027 | ||
| Next deadline to apply or register | 31 October 2026 (closes in 21 days) school or council page | 31 October 2026 (closes in 21 days) school or council page |
| Applications and places, last round | 135 first preferences for 180 places DfE, September 2026 entry | 19 first preferences for 31 places DfE, September 2026 entry |
| Cost | ||
| Published day fees | No tuition fees (state-funded) | No tuition fees (state-funded) |
| Inspection | ||
| Latest inspection | Ofsted graded inspection, 5 March 2024: Good at that inspection Ofsted | Ofsted graded inspection, 19 March 2024: Requires improvement at that inspection Ofsted |
| Results | ||
| GCSE: Attainment 8 | 47.8 (2024/25) DfE | 42.8 (2024/25) DfE |
| GCSE: grade 5+ in English and maths | 43% (2024/25) DfE | 33% (2024/25) DfE |
| Where leavers went | ||
| Stayed in education or work after GCSEs | Not published | 97% (left 2022/23) DfE |
| Pupils | ||
| Eligible for free school meals | 57.3% DfE register | 57.1% DfE register |
| English as an additional language | 30.8% school census 2024/25 | 22.5% school census 2024/25 |
| Receiving SEN support | 17.2% school census 2024/25 | 3.8% school census 2024/25 |
| Pupils per teacher | 17.1 DfE workforce census | 13 DfE workforce census |
| Overall absence | 7.5% DfE, 2024/25 | 8.6% DfE, 2024/25 |
DfE register: Get Information About Schools, daily extract as at 2026-10-07. Other sources are named in each cell; every figure links to its source on the school's own page.
Shaded cells differ between the two schools. A blank is not a weakness: it means the figure has not been published, or does not apply to that type of school. Fees and results are not comparable between state and independent schools.