St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 20 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
Essex
Unique reference
115238
Address
Patching Hall Lane, CM1 4BS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1178 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
50.3%
Girls
49.7%
First language not English
10.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
14%
Persistent absence
12.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 45.4%
Unclassified 19.3%
Mixed 7.6%
Other White 7.4%
Indian 5.6%
African 5.6%
Other Black 2.5%
Other 2%
Other Asian 1.8%
Irish 1.2%
Chinese 0.6%
Pakistani 0.4%
Caribbean 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.07
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 12%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 49%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.1
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.91
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award1
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE35
BiologyGCSE61
Business Studies:SingleGCSE77
ChemistryGCSE62
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE44
Design & TechnologyGCSE11
English LanguageGCSE187
English LiteratureGCSE180
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
185
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
178
2nd preference
136
3rd preference
96
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
136
2nd preference
29
3rd preference
12
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 classes21.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
190
83
107
Year 8
189
94
95
Year 9
188
97
91
Year 10
191
103
88
Year 11
192
110
82
Year 12
115
54
61
Year 13
113
51
62
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
26.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
64.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
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
85.0%
57.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
37.0%
15.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
27.0%
13.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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