Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 14 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
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
Reading
Unique reference
110107
Address
Fawley Road, Southcote, RG30 3EP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1022 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
50.6%
Girls
49.4%
First language not English
38.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.7%
Persistent absence
18.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 23.6%
Other White 20.9%
African 18.5%
Mixed 11.6%
Indian 8.2%
Other Asian 7.1%
Other Black 4.3%
Pakistani 1.8%
Unclassified 1%
Caribbean 0.9%
Other 0.9%
Chinese 0.8%
Irish 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.12
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 43%
Local authority average 44%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 43%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.9
Local authority average 50.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.16
Local authority average 4.52
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award52
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award19
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE23
BiologyGCSE57
Business Studies:SingleGCSE56
ChemistryGCSE57
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
Design & TechnologyGCSE23
English LanguageGCSE152
English LiteratureGCSE149
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
177
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
185
2nd preference
125
3rd preference
103
From another Local Authority
20
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
154
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
4
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
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
187
96
91
Year 8
186
91
95
Year 9
186
104
82
Year 10
185
104
81
Year 11
179
81
98
Year 12
44
16
28
Year 13
55
25
30
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
88.5%
86.5%
Further education
26.0%
20.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
42.0%
58.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
21.0%
8.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
5.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.1%
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
77.0%
80.1%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
19.0%
50.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
27.0%
46.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
6.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020