St Paul's Academy
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Requires improvement May 25 2023 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 16 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Local authority
- Greenwich
- Unique reference
- 105135
- Address
- Finchale Road, Abbey Wood, SE2 9PX
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1120 (96% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 58.6%
- Girls
- 41.4%
- First language not English
- 27.1%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 33.5%
- Persistent absence
- 21.1%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 9.7%
African 48.2%
Unclassified 9.7%
White British 8.4%
Mixed 8.4%
Other White 7.1%
Caribbean 5.1%
Other Black 3.8%
Other 3%
Indian 2.3%
Other Asian 1.8%
Gypsy/Roma 0.8%
Pakistani 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.25
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.01
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 47%
Local authority average 43%
England average 40%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 39%
Local authority average 49%
England average 46%
Attainment 8 score
School 42.5
Local authority average 46.5
England average 45.9
EBacc average point score
School 3.71
Local authority average 4.15
England average 4.07
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | Technical Award | 119 |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | Technical Award | 20 |
| Health Studies | Technical Award | 55 |
| Multimedia | Technical Award | 25 |
| Sports Studies | Technical Award | 65 |
| Arabic | GCSE | 3 |
| Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 34 |
| Astronomy | GCSE | 4 |
| Biology | GCSE | 7 |
| Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 29 |
Admissions
St Paul's Academy
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 228
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 141
- 2nd preference
- 111
- 3rd preference
- 70
- From another Local Authority
- 93
Offers
- 1st preference
- 141
- 2nd preference
- 27
- 3rd preference
- 5
- To another Local Authority
- 29
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 23.8 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 227 149 78 |
| Year 8 | 196 121 75 |
| Year 9 | 232 131 101 |
| Year 10 | 230 124 106 |
| Year 11 | 235 131 104 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 92.0% 89.5% 86.0% |
Further education | 9.0% 14.6% 35.4% |
School sixth form | 40.0% 55.3% 36.6% |
Sixth form college | 42.0% 18.4% 13.0% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 1.2% 0.9% |
| Entering employment | SP 2.5% 4.0% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 0.0% 1.2% 3.2% |
| Not in education or employment | 6.0% 5.3% 5.8% |
| Destination unknown | 1.0% 1.5% 1.0% |