Maria Fidelis Catholic School FCJ

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 7 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
812 (71% of total capacity)
Boys
53.3%
Girls
46.7%
First language not English
46.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
56.7%
Persistent absence
19.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.4%
Pupil ethnicities
African 23.6%
White British 16.1%
Mixed 16%
Bangladeshi 11.6%
Other 9.1%
Other White 8.7%
Caribbean 5.2%
Other Black 3.4%
Other Asian 2.7%
Chinese 1.1%
Indian 0.9%
Irish 0.6%
Unclassified 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 53%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.9
Local authority average 46.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.79
Local authority average 4.27
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award5
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE28
BiologyGCSE22
Business Studies:SingleGCSE30
ChemistryGCSE22
Classical CivilisationGCSE8
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE12
Design & TechnologyGCSE21
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Maria Fidelis Catholic School FCJ

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
103
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
69
2nd preference
66
3rd preference
53
From another Local Authority
103
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
69
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
26
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes18.9
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
129
54
75
Year 8
130
69
61
Year 9
144
76
68
Year 10
145
84
61
Year 11
143
83
60
Year 12
59
38
21
Year 13
62
29
33
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
90.1%
85.5%
Further education
29.0%
20.2%
36.9%
School sixth form
49.0%
64.7%
35.2%
Sixth form college
4.0%
4.7%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
0.5%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
7.0%
3.8%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
90.0%
67.5%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
27.0%
16.1%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022