St John Bosco Arts College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 7 2021 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
Liverpool
Unique reference
104715
Address
Storrington Avenue, L11 9DQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1063 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
1.9%
Girls
98.1%
First language not English
10.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
40.6%
Persistent absence
30.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83%
Other White 5.8%
Mixed 2.9%
African 2.9%
Other Black 1%
Other 1%
Other Asian 0.8%
Chinese 0.8%
Indian 0.6%
Pakistani 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.4
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.43
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 72%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 28%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.8
Local authority average 41.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.85
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award10
Art & DesignTechnical Award15
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award6
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award11
Health StudiesTechnical Award21
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award61
TourismTechnical Award14
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE14
BiologyGCSE3
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St John Bosco Arts College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
181
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
179
2nd preference
83
3rd preference
64
From another Local Authority
50
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
161
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
23
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 classes23.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
187
0
187
Year 8
179
0
179
Year 9
177
0
177
Year 10
175
0
175
Year 11
172
0
172
Year 12
79
11
68
Year 13
94
9
85
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
84.6%
86.5%
Further education
29.0%
26.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
54.0%
51.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
3.0%
4.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
7.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
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
74.0%
67.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
14.0%
21.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
12.0%
18.9%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.0%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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