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
832 (70% of total capacity)
Boys
54.2%
Girls
45.8%
First language not English
51.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
48.6%
Persistent absence
20.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.2%
Pupil ethnicities
African 25.7%
White British 16.8%
Mixed 13.4%
Bangladeshi 12.4%
Other White 9.4%
Other 8.5%
Caribbean 3.8%
Other Black 3.2%
Other Asian 2.3%
Irish 1.3%
Chinese 1.2%
Indian 1%
Unclassified 0.6%
Pakistani 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

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
132
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
96
2nd preference
80
3rd preference
65
From another Local Authority
138
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
95
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
57
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
145
77
68
Year 8
147
86
61
Year 9
142
85
57
Year 10
134
80
54
Year 11
138
76
62
Year 12
75
31
44
Year 13
51
16
35
Year 2022-2023

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
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