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
1534 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
54.3%
Girls
45.7%
First language not English
20.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
22%
Persistent absence
23.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 45.6%
Other White 12.1%
Mixed 11.7%
African 9.9%
Indian 6.7%
Other Asian 4.6%
Caribbean 2.5%
Other Black 2%
Unclassified 1.4%
Pakistani 1.2%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Other 0.8%
Irish 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 10%
Local authority average 31%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 43%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.1
Local authority average 50.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.7
Local authority average 4.39
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award50
Sports StudiesTechnical Award49
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE32
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE31
BiologyGCSE1
Business Studies:SingleGCSE80
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE40
English LanguageGCSE235
English LiteratureGCSE220
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE14
Year 2024-2025

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
276
2nd preference
159
3rd preference
139
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
200
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
237
145
92
Year 8
238
133
105
Year 9
238
137
101
Year 10
236
99
137
Year 11
239
129
110
Year 12
182
91
91
Year 13
164
99
65
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
84.1%
85.5%
Further education
34.0%
25.3%
36.9%
School sixth form
51.0%
47.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
11.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
4.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
51.0%
58.5%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
10.0%
22.3%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.9%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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