Census Data 2026 – Archdiocese of Southwark 

Thank you for all your hard work ensuring we had 100% census return. A huge amount of data is requested, and we thought it might be interesting for you to see the information and how it compares to national figures. As you can see, the situation in Southwark is consistent with the national picture, although the diocese represents greater diveristy.  

There are 158 Catholic schools in the archdiocese. 

Pupils	Southwark		National
	%	Number	%	Number
Total		66986		656069
Catholic	51%	34120	50%	326480
Other Christian	28%	19005	24%	159613
Hindu	2%	1216	2%	10918
Muslim	1%	415	5%	34916
Sikh	1%	415	1%	4109
White British, Irish, Other	40%	26943	60%	390497
Black/Black British	31%	20750	14%	94605
Asian/Asian British	9%	6200	12%	75741
SEN EHCP	3%	2319	3%	20436

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Teachers	Southwark		National
	%	Number	%	Number
Total		4177		40651
Catholicity	40%	1665	40%	16379
White: British, Irish, Other	74%	3095	85%	34465
Black/Black British	12%	483	4%	1456
Asian/Asian British	5%	215	4%	1457
Have CCRS	6%	251	8%	3435
Males with/undertaking NPQH		71		635
Females with/undertaking NPQH		132		1299

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Support staff	Southwark		National
	%	Number	%	Number
Total		2712		29429
Catholic	43%	1164	38%	11243

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Leaders	Southwark – number	National– number
Executive Head Teachers	18	268
Male	10	110
Female	8	158
Head Teachers	161	1615
Male	46	427
Female	79	843
Deputy Head Teacher	139	1429
Male	33	384
Female	106	1046
Assistant Head Teacher	281	2352
Male	100	767
Female	181	1584