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
1026 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
55.8%
Girls
44.2%
First language not English
44.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.3%
Persistent absence
13.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.8%
Pupil ethnicities
Other White 35.7%
White British 25.8%
Indian 12.7%
Mixed 9.3%
African 7.8%
Other Asian 5.2%
Other 1.9%
Irish 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 45%
Local authority average 36%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 69%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 59.9
Local authority average 41.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.41
Local authority average 3.71
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award41
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award40
Sports StudiesTechnical Award24
TourismTechnical Award19
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)15
Art & DesignGCSE43
BiologyGCSE17
Business Studies:SingleGCSE23
ChemistryGCSE17
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
179
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
282
2nd preference
182
3rd preference
89
From another Local Authority
93
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
177
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
47
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
206
113
93
Year 8
209
115
94
Year 9
208
125
83
Year 10
204
118
86
Year 11
199
102
97
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
83.2%
85.5%
Further education
10.0%
23.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
2.0%
5.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
81.0%
54.7%
12.9%
Other education destinations
SP
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.5%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
SP
2.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
7.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
3.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023