Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jun 27 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
Southampton
Unique reference
116507
Address
Leaside Way, Swaythling, SO16 3DQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1003 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
57.5%
Girls
42.5%
First language not English
50%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.4%
Persistent absence
14.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.5%
Pupil ethnicities
Other White 36.8%
White British 27.9%
Indian 11.3%
Mixed 8.9%
African 6.4%
Other Asian 4.8%
Other 2.4%
Irish 0.8%
Caribbean 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.86
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.29
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 38%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 66%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 59.2
Local authority average 42.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.25
Local authority average 3.67
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award39
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award10
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award43
Speech & DramaTechnical Award19
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award39
TourismTechnical Award13
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)13
Art & DesignGCSE43
BiologyGCSE16
Business Studies:SingleGCSE25
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
182
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
290
2nd preference
174
3rd preference
98
From another Local Authority
94
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
176
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
41
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 classes25.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
199
110
89
Year 8
199
122
77
Year 9
204
119
85
Year 10
202
104
98
Year 11
199
122
77
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
82.4%
86.5%
Further education
19.0%
23.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
3.0%
6.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
69.0%
52.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
5.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
8.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022