St Mary's Catholic High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Good Nov 3 2021 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 19 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
- Croydon
- Unique reference
- 101814
- Address
- Woburn Road, CR9 2EE
- Website
- www.stmaryscroydon.co.uk
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 564 (63% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 46.1%
- Girls
- 53.9%
- First language not English
- 61.3%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 38.3%
- Persistent absence
- 17.9%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 11.0%
African 35.5%
Mixed 13.7%
Other White 13.5%
Indian 10.1%
Other Asian 6%
Caribbean 5.9%
Other 5.7%
Pakistani 3.5%
White British 2.7%
Other Black 2.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Unclassified 0.2%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Entering EBacc
School 25%
Local authority average 52%
England average 41%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 23%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 36.5
Local authority average 44.3
England average 45.9
EBacc average point score
School 3.08
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.08
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | Technical Award | 15 |
| Health Studies | Technical Award | 23 |
| Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 22 |
| Art & Design (Graphics) | GCSE | 20 |
| Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 47 |
| Social Science: Citizenship | GCSE | 14 |
| Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 10 |
| English Language | GCSE | 105 |
| English Literature | GCSE | 105 |
| D&T Food Technology | GCSE | 14 |
Admissions
St Mary's Catholic High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 89
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 61
- 2nd preference
- 56
- 3rd preference
- 42
- From another Local Authority
- 7
Offers
- 1st preference
- 61
- 2nd preference
- 9
- 3rd preference
- 2
- To another Local Authority
- 1
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 28.2 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 103 52 51 |
| Year 8 | 119 51 68 |
| Year 9 | 120 59 61 |
| Year 10 | 117 53 64 |
| Year 11 | 105 45 60 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 89.0% 90.9% 85.5% |
Further education | 48.0% 33.2% 36.9% |
School sixth form | 18.0% 49.6% 35.2% |
Sixth form college | 24.0% 7.8% 12.9% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.3% 0.5% |
| Entering employment | 1.0% 1.1% 2.6% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 0.0% 1.0% 3.3% |
| Not in education or employment | 7.0% 4.5% 5.7% |
| Destination unknown | 3.0% 2.5% 3.0% |