The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Kensington and Chelsea. The school has 1,024 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Outstanding (graded inspection, 16 November 2021). Last inspected 15 April 2026. The Headmaster is Aaron Cosgrove. The school is administered by Kensington and Chelsea local authority. It belongs to SAINT JOHN SOUTHWORTH CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST. The school has boys-only admissions and a Roman Catholic religious character. It opened in 1 April 2015.
Applications for places at The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School are handled by the school or the local authority (Kensington and Chelsea). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.
GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)
67.2
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
+1.00
Progress 8 · 2023-24
80%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
94%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
5.87
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
31%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.