St Oscar Romero Catholic School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Good May 5 2023 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 18 y.o.
- Type
- Local authority maintained schools
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Unique reference
- 126096
- Address
- Goring Street, Goring-By-Sea, BN12 5AF
- Website
- http://www.stromeros.co.uk
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 980 (88% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 52.6%
- Girls
- 47.4%
- First language not English
- 6.4%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 14.3%
- Persistent absence
- 14.2%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 9.5%
White British 80.9%
Mixed 5.7%
Other White 5.2%
Other Asian 2.2%
Indian 1.7%
African 1.5%
Unclassified 0.8%
Other Black 0.5%
Other 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.97
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- 0.05
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 36%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 60%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 55.5
Local authority average 46.4
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 4.81
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Art & Design | GCSE | 26 |
Art & Design (Graphics) | GCSE | 22 |
Biology | GCSE | 31 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 31 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 22 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 22 |
Dance | GCSE | 3 |
English Language | GCSE | 147 |
English Literature | GCSE | 146 |
D&T Food Technology | GCSE | 20 |
Admissions
St Oscar Romero Catholic School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 177
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 306
- 2nd preference
- 233
- 3rd preference
- 161
- From another Local Authority
- 1
Offers
- 1st preference
- 176
- 2nd preference
- 1
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 24.5 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 209 96 113 |
Year 8 | 195 104 91 |
Year 9 | 196 108 88 |
Year 10 | 195 105 90 |
Year 11 | 185 102 83 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 87.0% 88.5% 86.5% |
Further education | 65.0% 37.8% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 2.0% 28.5% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 19.0% 20.9% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 1.2% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 6.0% 3.9% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 2.0% 2.4% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 6.0% 4.1% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 0.0% 1.1% 1.0% |