St Mark's Church of England Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 9 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Merton
Unique reference
134003
Address
Acacia Road, CR4 1SF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
823 (78% of total capacity)
Boys
53.6%
Girls
46.4%
First language not English
46.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
40.8%
Persistent absence
15.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
23.5%
Pupil ethnicities
Other White 17.7%
White British 15.3%
Mixed 14.7%
Other Black 11.2%
Other Asian 9.7%
Caribbean 8.7%
African 8.7%
Other 4.1%
Pakistani 3.6%
Indian 2.7%
Unclassified 2.1%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.66
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.59
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 55%
Local authority average 50%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.9
Local authority average 52.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.85
Local authority average 4.73
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award15
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award18
Speech & DramaTechnical Award13
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
BiologyGCSE22
ChemistryGCSE22
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE16
Design & TechnologyGCSE13
English LanguageGCSE114
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Mark's Church of England Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
196
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
121
2nd preference
82
3rd preference
46
From another Local Authority
78
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
121
2nd preference
22
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
40
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.9
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
168
92
76
Year 8
151
83
68
Year 9
134
76
58
Year 10
157
92
65
Year 11
119
55
64
Year 12
43
17
26
Year 13
51
26
25
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
93.3%
86.5%
Further education
39.0%
25.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
46.0%
61.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
3.0%
5.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
1.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
3.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.3%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
86.0%
84.9%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
18.0%
26.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
14.0%
23.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
0.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020
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