St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 18 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Unique reference
136982
Address
Stroud Road, Tuffley, GL4 0DD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1517 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
53.9%
Girls
46.1%
First language not English
22.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.9%
Persistent absence
24.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 47.9%
Other White 13.2%
Mixed 10.6%
African 9.8%
Indian 5.7%
Other Asian 4.5%
Caribbean 2.3%
Unclassified 1.4%
Other Black 1.3%
Bangladeshi 1.1%
Pakistani 0.9%
Other 0.7%
Irish 0.6%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.13
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 8%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 52%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41
Local authority average 50
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.39
Local authority average 4.34
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award56
Health StudiesTechnical Award28
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
Business Studies:SingleGCSE59
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE55
Design & TechnologyGCSE37
English LanguageGCSE234
English LiteratureGCSE221
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE6
FrenchGCSE15
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
226
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
250
2nd preference
179
3rd preference
139
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
190
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
13
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 classes22.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
233
131
102
Year 8
241
138
103
Year 9
239
101
138
Year 10
238
130
108
Year 11
239
137
102
Year 12
171
102
69
Year 13
156
79
77
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
85.9%
86.5%
Further education
27.0%
24.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
58.0%
49.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
10.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
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
62.0%
63.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
21.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
15.0%
21.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
1.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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