Maria Fidelis Catholic School FCJ

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 8 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Camden
Unique reference
100055
Address
1 - 39 Drummond Crescent, NW1 1LY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
839 (70% of total capacity)
Boys
55.1%
Girls
44.9%
First language not English
46.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
50.5%
Persistent absence
23.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.9%
Pupil ethnicities
African 25%
Mixed 16.2%
White British 15.3%
Bangladeshi 11.6%
Other White 9.2%
Other 8.5%
Caribbean 4.9%
Other Black 3.1%
Other Asian 2.7%
Irish 1.1%
Chinese 1%
Indian 0.7%
Unclassified 0.6%
Pakistani 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.33
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 40%
Local authority average 48%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.5
Local authority average 48
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.59
Local authority average 4.36
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award9
ArabicGCSE3
Art & DesignGCSE18
BiologyGCSE23
Business Studies:SingleGCSE25
ChemistryGCSE24
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
Design & TechnologyGCSE24
English LanguageGCSE128
English LiteratureGCSE124
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Maria Fidelis Catholic School FCJ

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
145
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
99
2nd preference
87
3rd preference
71
From another Local Authority
142
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
99
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
53
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
134
73
61
Year 8
148
78
70
Year 9
142
85
57
Year 10
143
85
58
Year 11
133
79
54
Year 12
76
37
39
Year 13
63
25
38
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
93.3%
86.5%
Further education
36.0%
19.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
55.0%
68.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
4.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
85.0%
71.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
35.0%
14.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
31.0%
13.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
4.0%
0.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
0.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020