St Nicholas Catholic High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 5 2024 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
Cheshire West and Chester
Unique reference
111450
Address
Greenbank Lane, Hartford, CW8 1JW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1202 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
50.4%
Girls
49.6%
First language not English
10.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
12%
Persistent absence
23.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 69.4%
Unclassified 12%
Other White 5.4%
Other Asian 3.8%
Mixed 2.9%
Irish 1.5%
Indian 1.5%
Chinese 1.2%
African 0.8%
Other 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.36
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.06
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 58%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.2
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.79
Local authority average 4.02
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE26
BiologyGCSE45
Business Studies:SingleGCSE68
ChemistryGCSE45
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE34
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE206
English LiteratureGCSE203
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE13
FrenchGCSE40
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Nicholas Catholic High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
218
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
218
2nd preference
147
3rd preference
72
From another Local Authority
42
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
204
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
21
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 classes21.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
218
110
108
Year 8
214
96
118
Year 9
218
117
101
Year 10
202
111
91
Year 11
198
96
102
Year 12
86
39
47
Year 13
66
37
29
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
84.3%
86.5%
Further education
27.0%
30.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
45.0%
36.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
23.0%
16.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
5.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
5.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.3%
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
70.0%
75.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
30.0%
33.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
25.0%
27.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
0.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
0.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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