St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 25 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
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
Sutton
Unique reference
103013
Address
Shorts Road, SM5 3PS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1479 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
35.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.8%
Persistent absence
12.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 28.3%
African 18.9%
Other White 13.4%
Mixed 12.8%
Other Asian 9.7%
Indian 4.6%
Caribbean 2.9%
Other Black 2.3%
Other 2%
Irish 1.8%
Unclassified 1.7%
Chinese 1.1%
Pakistani 0.4%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.6
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.51
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 71%
Local authority average 50%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 65%
Local authority average 69%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 58.8
Local authority average 59.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.34
Local authority average 5.42
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award5
Health StudiesTechnical Award49
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award19
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)11
SociologyAS level13
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE20
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE47
BiologyGCSE118
Business Studies:SingleGCSE101
ChemistryGCSE118
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
260
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
293
2nd preference
223
3rd preference
126
From another Local Authority
416
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
232
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
108
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 classes22.6
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
237
0
237
Year 8
237
0
237
Year 9
238
0
238
Year 10
235
0
235
Year 11
230
0
230
Year 12
154
0
154
Year 13
148
0
148
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
94.4%
86.5%
Further education
7.0%
18.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
78.0%
70.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
12.0%
4.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
1.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
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
88.0%
83.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
26.0%
43.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
25.0%
38.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
3.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
0.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020
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