Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Jan 15 2020 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
- Lancashire
- Unique reference
- 119784
- Address
- Station Road, Bamber Bridge, PR5 6PB
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 742 (93% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 51.5%
- Girls
- 48.5%
- First language not English
- 5.9%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 24.7%
- Persistent absence
- 23.9%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 10.8%
White British 80.6%
Other White 5.1%
Mixed 5%
Unclassified 4%
Other Asian 1.5%
African 1.1%
Indian 0.7%
Other 0.7%
Other Black 0.5%
Chinese 0.4%
Caribbean 0.3%
Pakistani 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.01
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.17
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 20%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 46%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 44.8
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.85
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Music performance: Group | Technical Award | 1 |
| Art & Design | GCSE | 29 |
| Biology | GCSE | 32 |
| Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 64 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 31 |
| Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 21 |
| Design & Technology | GCSE | 12 |
| English Language | GCSE | 148 |
| English Literature | GCSE | 147 |
| French | GCSE | 45 |
Admissions
Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 160
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 172
- 2nd preference
- 109
- 3rd preference
- 83
- From another Local Authority
- 0
Offers
- 1st preference
- 147
- 2nd preference
- 7
- 3rd preference
- 6
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 23.8 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 157 81 76 |
| Year 8 | 159 75 84 |
| Year 9 | 154 84 70 |
| Year 10 | 139 70 69 |
| Year 11 | 133 72 61 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 78.0% 82.2% 86.5% |
Further education | 37.0% 47.7% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 0.0% 12.9% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 40.0% 21.0% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.6% 0.9% |
| Entering employment | 10.0% 5.4% 3.9% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 5.0% 5.5% 3.4% |
| Not in education or employment | 7.0% 5.9% 5.2% |
| Destination unknown | 0.0% 0.9% 1.0% |