Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Feb 8 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
- Leeds
- Unique reference
- 108095
- Address
- Tongue Lane, Meanwood, LS6 4QE
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 923 (99% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 46.3%
- Girls
- 53.7%
- First language not English
- 23.1%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 16.3%
- Persistent absence
- 14.2%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 10.7%
White British 50.2%
African 16.8%
Other White 10.1%
Mixed 7.8%
Other Asian 6.2%
Irish 2.1%
Indian 2.1%
Other Black 1.7%
Other 1.3%
Chinese 0.7%
Caribbean 0.4%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.55
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- 0.12
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 58%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 65%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 55.2
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 5.07
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Sports Studies | Technical Award | 1 |
Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 24 |
Biology | GCSE | 64 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 25 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 64 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 21 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 14 |
English Language | GCSE | 182 |
English Literature | GCSE | 178 |
Admissions
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 182
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 233
- 2nd preference
- 151
- 3rd preference
- 132
- From another Local Authority
- 1
Offers
- 1st preference
- 175
- 2nd preference
- 6
- 3rd preference
- 1
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 23.1 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 186 98 88 |
Year 8 | 183 92 91 |
Year 9 | 191 85 106 |
Year 10 | 182 79 103 |
Year 11 | 181 73 108 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 94.0% 84.9% 86.5% |
Further education | 21.0% 33.1% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 9.0% 36.3% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 63.0% 14.7% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.9% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 1.0% 3.7% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 2.0% 3.3% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 4.0% 6.8% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 0.0% 1.3% 1.0% |