Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Jul 6 2022 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
- Halton
- Unique reference
- 111457
- Address
- Highfield Road, WA8 7DW
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1307 (76% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 48.9%
- Girls
- 51.1%
- First language not English
- 6%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 39.7%
- Persistent absence
- 28.3%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 5.6%
White British 89.1%
Mixed 4.1%
Other White 3.9%
Other 1.1%
Unclassified 0.6%
African 0.3%
Indian 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.62
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.3
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 17%
Local authority average 19%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 30%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 40.4
Local authority average 42.8
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.2
Local authority average 3.51
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural) | Technical Award | 21 |
Small Business Management | Technical Award | 79 |
Arabic | GCSE | 3 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 43 |
Biology | GCSE | 6 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 6 |
English Language | GCSE | 217 |
English Literature | GCSE | 208 |
D&T Food Technology | GCSE | 19 |
French | GCSE | 36 |
Admissions
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 276
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 219
- 2nd preference
- 292
- 3rd preference
- 66
- From another Local Authority
- 31
Offers
- 1st preference
- 216
- 2nd preference
- 54
- 3rd preference
- 6
- To another Local Authority
- 14
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 21.5 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 274 164 110 |
Year 8 | 267 137 130 |
Year 9 | 264 125 139 |
Year 10 | 220 82 138 |
Year 11 | 282 131 151 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 87.0% 85.2% 86.5% |
Further education | 76.0% 65.7% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 3.0% 8.6% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 7.0% 10.5% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.4% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 4.0% 5.2% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 6.0% 4.8% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 3.0% 4.3% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | SP 0.5% 1.0% |