St Damian's RC Science College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jun 7 2023 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
Tameside
Unique reference
106270
Address
Lees Road, OL6 8BH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
832 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
48.7%
Girls
51.3%
First language not English
19.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.6%
Persistent absence
13.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 68.3%
Other White 14.2%
Mixed 5.2%
African 5.2%
Other Asian 1.6%
Indian 1.4%
Pakistani 1.2%
Other 0.8%
Irish 0.7%
Chinese 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.5
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 75%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 64%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.3
Local authority average 43.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.1
Local authority average 3.76
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award9
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award21
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award50
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE14
BiologyGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE28
English LanguageGCSE173
English LiteratureGCSE173
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE17
FrenchGCSE24
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Damian's RC Science College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
161
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
221
2nd preference
128
3rd preference
93
From another Local Authority
82
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
156
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
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
166
79
87
Year 8
167
84
83
Year 9
170
85
85
Year 10
166
79
87
Year 11
163
78
85
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
82.7%
86.5%
Further education
25.0%
37.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
2.0%
1.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
61.0%
43.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
5.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
4.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
6.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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