Gunnersbury Catholic School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Outstanding Jan 17 2023 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Boys
- 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
- Hounslow
- Unique reference
- 102545
- Address
- The Ride, Boston Manor Road, TW8 9LB
- Website
- http://www.gunnersbury.com/
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1204 (95% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 95.9%
- Girls
- 4.1%
- First language not English
- 16%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 13.5%
- Persistent absence
- 11.2%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 10.1%
Other White 25.6%
White British 24.2%
African 12.7%
Mixed 9.8%
Other 9.7%
Indian 5.1%
Other Asian 4.7%
Irish 3.3%
Caribbean 1.5%
Unclassified 1.1%
Pakistani 1%
Other Black 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 1.13
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- 0.45
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 78%
Local authority average 57%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 86%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 64.6
Local authority average 49.9
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 6
Local authority average 4.55
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Sports Studies | Technical Award | 39 |
Small Business Management | Technical Award | 24 |
Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 9 |
Biology | GCSE | 88 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 64 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 88 |
Chinese | GCSE | 1 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 12 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 25 |
Admissions
Gunnersbury Catholic School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 184
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 120
- 2nd preference
- 125
- 3rd preference
- 119
- From another Local Authority
- 325
Offers
- 1st preference
- 108
- 2nd preference
- 36
- 3rd preference
- 23
- To another Local Authority
- 83
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 21.2 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 184 184 0 |
Year 8 | 163 163 0 |
Year 9 | 186 186 0 |
Year 10 | 182 182 0 |
Year 11 | 184 184 0 |
Year 12 | 158 129 29 |
Year 13 | 147 127 20 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 96.0% 92.9% 86.5% |
Further education | 13.0% 25.5% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 80.0% 65.8% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 2.0% 0.8% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.8% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 1.0% 1.2% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 1.0% 0.8% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 1.0% 3.9% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 1.0% 1.2% 1.0% |
Progression to Higher Education or Training
Destinations after A‑levels | School LA England |
---|---|
Degrees | 91.0% 78.9% 64.0% |
Top third higher education institutions | 30.0% 21.3% 19.7% |
Russell Group | 26.0% 19.1% 17.7% |
Oxford or Cambridge | 0.0% 1.4% 1.0% |
Other study at level 4 or 5 | 1.0% 1.0% 2.6% |
Higher apprenticeships | 1.0% 0.7% 1.7% |