St Benedict's Catholic College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 19 2023 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
Essex
Unique reference
115382
Address
Norman Way, CO3 3US

Pupils

Number of Pupils
898 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
54.0%
Girls
46.0%
First language not English
16.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
9.8%
Persistent absence
16.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 48.9%
African 17.3%
Other White 14.1%
Mixed 8.2%
Other 3%
Other Black 2.3%
Indian 1.8%
Other Asian 1.8%
Irish 1%
Caribbean 0.8%
Chinese 0.6%
Pakistani 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.39
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 50%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.1
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.75
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE20
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE43
BiologyGCSE36
Business Studies:SingleGCSE63
ChemistryGCSE34
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE32
Applied EngineeringGCSE9
English LanguageGCSE178
English LiteratureGCSE174
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

St Benedict's Catholic College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
178
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
203
2nd preference
199
3rd preference
178
From another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
141
2nd preference
31
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes26.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
99
81
Year 8
179
94
85
Year 9
180
101
79
Year 10
179
101
78
Year 11
180
90
90
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
85.2%
85.6%
Further education
17.0%
37.1%
35.4%
School sixth form
8.0%
38.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
67.0%
9.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
6.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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