St Paul's Catholic School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 13 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 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
Milton Keynes
Unique reference
110517
Address
Phoenix Drive, Leadenhall, MK6 5EN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1848 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
52.8%
Girls
47.2%
First language not English
60%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.5%
Persistent absence
21.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.1%
Pupil ethnicities
African 29.7%
White British 25.1%
Other White 17.7%
Mixed 8.8%
Other Asian 7.7%
Other Black 2.6%
Indian 2.2%
Chinese 1.4%
Unclassified 1.4%
Other 1%
Caribbean 0.9%
Irish 0.8%
Pakistani 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.04
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 88%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 34%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.9
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.09
Local authority average 3.9
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award18
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award8
Health StudiesTechnical Award19
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE99
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE66
Business Studies:SingleGCSE68
ChemistryGCSE64
ChineseGCSE5
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

St Paul's Catholic School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
305
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
274
2nd preference
134
3rd preference
96
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
247
2nd preference
33
3rd preference
12
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes20.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
277
153
124
Year 8
285
154
131
Year 9
290
159
131
Year 10
304
164
140
Year 11
300
162
138
Year 12
195
96
99
Year 13
197
88
109
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
87.2%
85.6%
Further education
20.0%
33.9%
35.4%
School sixth form
71.0%
52.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
5.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.8%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.8%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.0%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
80.0%
66.5%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
15.0%
20.1%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.2%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021