The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School

The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School is a secondary academy in London, United Kingdom with 1,034 pupils, part of Saint John Southworth Catholic Academy Trust. Ofsted: Report card, 15 April 2026: exceptional in 4 areas, strong standard in 3; safeguarding met. As of 11 November 2026 it is advertising 2 vacancies: Teacher of Art – the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School – Start Date and Early Years Foundation Stage Teacher – St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School – Start Date. Its academy trust holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas.

Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 2 live vacancies.

Head: Aaron Cosgrove, Headmaster
Trust or group: Saint John Southworth Catholic Academy Trust
Type: Academy, Secondary
Pupils: 1,034 pupils · 15% girls · 15.9% eligible for free school meals · 46.2% with English as an additional language
DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs: 125 (12.1%) on SEN support · 56 (5.4%) with an education, health and care plan
DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Local authority: Kensington and Chelsea
Location: London, W14 8BZ, United Kingdom
Telephone: 02076038478
Visa sponsorship: Its academy trust holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas (rated A), as Saint John Southworth Catholic Academy Trust.
Register of licensed sponsors, 5 November 2026. A licence means the employer can sponsor; each advert says whether a post does.
Website: cvms.co.uk
Register number: URN 141931 (register entry)
Ofsted: Report card, 15 April 2026: exceptional in 4 areas, strong standard in 3; safeguarding met
Last graded Outstanding (graded 16 November 2021)

Vacancies (2)

Teacher of Art – the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School – Start Date

Early Years Foundation Stage Teacher – St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School – Start Date

Exam results

Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional	61.5	74.0%
2024/25	67.2	80.2%
2023/24	67.4	85.5%

Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.

Inspections

Report card (15 April 2026)

Inclusion: Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
Achievement: Exceptional
Attendance and behaviour: Exceptional
Personal development and well-being: Exceptional
Post-16: Strong standard
Leadership and governance: Exceptional
Safeguarding: Met

Date	Inspection	Outcome
15 April 2026	Report card	Exceptional in 4 areas, strong standard in 3; safeguarding met
16 November 2021	Graded inspection	Outstanding

Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.

Staff

Year	Teachers	Pupils per teacher	Leavers	Vacancies	Average pay
2025/26	84.6	12.2	–	0	£62,335
2024/25	86.0	11.9	15%	0	£59,255
2023/24	79.1	12.9	11%	1	£53,120
2022/23	72.9	14.2	12%	0	£46,401
2021/22	74.7	13.8	17%	0	£47,000
2020/21	75.8	13.3	6%	0	£45,643

Earlier years (2015/16 to 2019/20)

Year	Teachers	Pupils per teacher	Leavers	Average pay
2019/20	78.7	12.8	8%	£45,142
2018/19	79.3	12.5	16%	£43,600
2017/18	77.2	12.5	18%	£42,757
2016/17	84.3	11.4	17%	£41,585
2015/16	87.4	10.9	21%	£40,431

Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.

Attendance

Year	Sessions missed	Unauthorised	Persistently absent	Severely absent
2025/26	5.3%	0.6%	9.9%	1.9%
2024/25	4.9%	0.3%	9.5%	0.9%
2023/24	5.2%	0.2%	11.5%	0.8%
2022/23	5.5%	0.2%	12.5%	1.1%
2021/22	5.3%	0.1%	11.9%	0.3%
2020/21	2.5%	0.1%	4.1%	0.2%

Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)

Year	Sessions missed	Unauthorised	Persistently absent	Severely absent
2018/19	3.7%	0.1%	7.3%	0.5%
2017/18	4.5%	0.3%	7.8%	1.0%
2016/17	4.3%	0.0%	7.7%	0.3%

Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).

Hiring history

9 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 3 teaching, 6 support. Most often advertised: Academic Mentor, Administrative Assistant, Exam Invigilator. Last advertised September 2026.

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Sources

Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.

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