Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 26 2022 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/Church of England
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Rochdale
Unique reference
131726
Address
Pot Hall, Wilton Grove, OL10 2AA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
749 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
51.4%
Girls
48.6%
First language not English
10%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.6%
Persistent absence
25.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83%
Other White 4.7%
Mixed 4.6%
African 2.5%
Other Black 1.2%
Unclassified 1.1%
Indian 0.8%
Irish 0.7%
Pakistani 0.5%
Other Asian 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.13
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.28
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 13%
Local authority average 36%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.7
Local authority average 41.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.77
Local authority average 3.52
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award53
Sports StudiesTechnical Award20
Art & DesignGCSE17
BiologyGCSE30
Business Studies:SingleGCSE56
ChemistryGCSE30
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
English LanguageGCSE149
English LiteratureGCSE149
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE29
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
148
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
177
2nd preference
113
3rd preference
63
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
138
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes22.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
155
67
88
Year 8
151
79
72
Year 9
147
82
65
Year 10
147
77
70
Year 11
149
80
69
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
83.6%
85.6%
Further education
53.0%
45.6%
35.4%
School sixth form
0.0%
3.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
32.0%
33.9%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.7%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
8.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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