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

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%
Pupil ethnicities
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%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE26
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE22
BiologyGCSE31
ChemistryGCSE31
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE22
DanceGCSE3
English LanguageGCSE147
English LiteratureGCSE146
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE20
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Oscar Romero Catholic School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
177
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
306
2nd preference
233
3rd preference
161
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
176
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes24.5
Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2023-2024

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%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022