Cardinal Newman Catholic School

General Info

Education Phase: Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating: Good May 17 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: Brighton and Hove
Unique reference: 114611
Address: The Upper Drive, BN3 6ND
Website: http://www.cncs.co.uk/

Pupils

Number of Pupils: 2507 (91% of total capacity)
Boys: 53.5%
Girls: 46.5%
First language not English: 22.7%
Free school meals (FSM): 15.1%
Persistent absence: 21.2%
Special education needs (SEN): 14.9%

Pupil ethnicities

White British 55.1%

Other White 14.3%

Mixed 13.5%

African 4.5%

Other Asian 3.4%

Other 3.2%

Irish 1.8%

Indian 1.4%

Other Black 1.1%

Chinese 1%

Bangladeshi 0.3%

Caribbean 0.2%

Pakistani 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: 0.15
Local authority average, state-funded schools: 0
England average, state-funded schools: -0.03

Entering EBacc

School 37%

Local authority average 51%

England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 52%

Local authority average 50%

England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.8

Local authority average 47.8

England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.59

Local authority average 4.34

England average 4.05

Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

Subject	Qualification	Number of entries
Sports Studies	Technical Award	32
Tourism	Technical Award	12
Computer Appreciation / Introduction	Technical Award	36
Health Studies	Technical Award	44
Music performance: Group	Technical Award	5
Arabic	GCSE	4
Art & Design (Textiles)	GCSE	41
Art & Design (Fine Art)	GCSE	34
Biology	GCSE	78
Business Studies:Single	GCSE	131

Year 2022-2023

Admissions