St Mary's RC High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Outstanding Dec 10 2024 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
- Herefordshire, County of
- Unique reference
- 116992
- Address
- Lugwardine, HR1 4DR
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 749 (100% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 49.5%
- Girls
- 50.5%
- First language not English
- 25.6%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 11.2%
- Persistent absence
- 10.7%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 16.3%
White British 68.1%
Other White 15.1%
Indian 7.9%
Mixed 5.2%
Other 1.5%
Other Asian 0.8%
Unclassified 0.5%
African 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Entering EBacc
School 56%
Local authority average 36%
England average 41%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 60%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 52.1
Local authority average 44.6
England average 45.9
EBacc average point score
School 4.72
Local authority average 3.94
England average 4.08
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Tourism | Technical Award | 7 |
| Art & Design (Textiles) | GCSE | 13 |
| Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 21 |
| Biology | GCSE | 61 |
| Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 50 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 61 |
| Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 25 |
| Design & Technology | GCSE | 16 |
| English Language | GCSE | 149 |
| English Literature | GCSE | 149 |
Admissions
St Mary's RC High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 147
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 176
- 2nd preference
- 86
- 3rd preference
- 54
- From another Local Authority
- 1
Offers
- 1st preference
- 145
- 2nd preference
- 2
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 22.1 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 150 73 77 |
| Year 8 | 150 77 73 |
| Year 9 | 149 71 78 |
| Year 10 | 150 77 73 |
| Year 11 | 150 73 77 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 90.0% 84.3% 85.5% |
Further education | 19.0% 38.1% 36.9% |
School sixth form | 1.0% 8.0% 35.2% |
Sixth form college | 70.0% 37.9% 12.9% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.2% 0.5% |
| Entering employment | 1.0% 3.2% 2.6% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 4.0% 3.9% 3.3% |
| Not in education or employment | 4.0% 6.3% 5.7% |
| Destination unknown | 1.0% 2.3% 3.0% |