St Matthias School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 27 2019 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
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Wolverhampton
Unique reference
104387
Address
Deans Road, WV1 2BH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
878 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
51.3%
Girls
48.7%
First language not English
29.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
54.2%
Persistent absence
32.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 42%
Mixed 15.1%
Indian 13%
African 8.7%
Other White 8%
Caribbean 4.2%
Unclassified 3.1%
Pakistani 2.2%
Other Asian 1.8%
Other 0.8%
Other Black 0.6%
Chinese 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.09
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 34%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.2
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.5
Local authority average 3.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award57
Health StudiesTechnical Award56
ArabicGCSE4
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE28
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
BiologyGCSE1
ChineseGCSE1
DanceGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE186
English LiteratureGCSE180
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

St Matthias School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
156
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
109
2nd preference
55
3rd preference
52
From another Local Authority
17
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
109
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
168
94
74
Year 8
171
79
92
Year 9
159
81
78
Year 10
190
97
93
Year 11
190
99
91
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
86.4%
85.6%
Further education
66.0%
36.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
18.0%
48.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
1.5%
13.0%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
6.8%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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