St Joseph's Catholic School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Requires improvement Feb 7 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
- Wiltshire
- Unique reference
- 126473
- Address
- Church Road, Laverstock, SP1 1QY
- Website
- http://www.sjcs.org.uk/
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 597 (95% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 58.6%
- Girls
- 41.4%
- First language not English
- 17.6%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 22.4%
- Persistent absence
- 17.9%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 22.3%
White British 69.3%
Other White 10.4%
African 6.2%
Indian 5%
Mixed 2.7%
Other 1.8%
Unclassified 1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Other Asian 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Pakistani 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.27
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.01
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 31%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 42%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 40.6
Local authority average 46.9
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.48
Local authority average 4.08
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Multimedia | Technical Award | 41 |
| Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 16 |
| Biology | GCSE | 31 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 31 |
| Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 25 |
| Dance | GCSE | 9 |
| English Language | GCSE | 102 |
| English Literature | GCSE | 101 |
| D&T Food Technology | GCSE | 14 |
| French | GCSE | 6 |
Admissions
St Joseph's Catholic School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 114
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 109
- 2nd preference
- 133
- 3rd preference
- 66
- From another Local Authority
- 6
Offers
- 1st preference
- 99
- 2nd preference
- 12
- 3rd preference
- 3
- To another Local Authority
- 4
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 25 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 121 63 58 |
| Year 8 | 125 75 50 |
| Year 9 | 125 76 49 |
| Year 10 | 123 68 55 |
| Year 11 | 103 68 35 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 90.0% 87.0% 85.6% |
Further education | 57.0% 34.8% 35.4% |
School sixth form | 18.0% 46.3% 36.6% |
Sixth form college | 14.0% 5.4% 13.0% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.5% 0.5% |
| Entering employment | 0.0% 4.5% 4.1% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 1.0% 2.7% 3.2% |
| Not in education or employment | 9.0% 4.7% 5.9% |
| Destination unknown | 0.0% 1.1% 1.2% |