St James' Catholic High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 24 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Stockport
Unique reference
106142
Address
St James' Way, Cheadle Hulme, SK8 6PZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
823 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
49.8%
Girls
50.2%
First language not English
10.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.1%
Persistent absence
11.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 76.3%
Mixed 5.7%
Other White 3.8%
Indian 2.8%
Other Asian 2.8%
African 1.9%
Irish 1.8%
Chinese 1.8%
Other 1.3%
Other Black 0.6%
Unclassified 0.5%
Pakistani 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.23
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.04
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 41%
Local authority average 49%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 54%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.5
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.54
Local authority average 4.08
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award24
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE17
BiologyGCSE48
Business Studies:SingleGCSE40
ChemistryGCSE48
ChineseGCSE1
Design & TechnologyGCSE29
English LanguageGCSE153
English LiteratureGCSE153
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE15
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St James' Catholic High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
163
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
162
2nd preference
164
3rd preference
170
From another Local Authority
107
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
136
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
9
To another Local Authority
34
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
169
81
88
Year 8
168
92
76
Year 9
167
77
90
Year 10
161
80
81
Year 11
158
80
78
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
87.5%
86.5%
Further education
20.0%
37.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
4.0%
6.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
64.0%
42.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.4%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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