St John Henry Newman Catholic School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 24 2022 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
Cumberland
Unique reference
112399
Address
Scalegate Road, CA2 4NL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
693 (82% of total capacity)
Boys
48.6%
Girls
51.4%
First language not English
14%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.6%
Persistent absence
32.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 78.9%
Other White 10.2%
African 4.8%
Mixed 2.7%
Other Asian 1.9%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Other 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.45
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.28
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 69%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 20%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.6
Local authority average 43.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.71
Local authority average 3.81
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award10
Health StudiesTechnical Award21
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE13
BiologyGCSE22
ChemistryGCSE22
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
Design & TechnologyGCSE12
English LanguageGCSE79
English LiteratureGCSE79
GeographyGCSE38
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St John Henry Newman Catholic School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
114
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
138
2nd preference
62
3rd preference
44
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
113
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes21.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
130
63
67
Year 8
148
73
75
Year 9
152
86
66
Year 10
127
58
69
Year 11
97
38
59
Year 12
13
6
7
Year 13
26
13
13
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
n/a
86.5%
Further education
46.0%
n/a
34.7%
School sixth form
34.0%
n/a
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
n/a
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
n/a
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
n/a
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
n/a
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
n/a
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
n/a
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
89.0%
n/a
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
11.0%
n/a
19.7%
Russell Group
11.0%
n/a
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
n/a
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
n/a
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
n/a
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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