St Mark's West Essex Catholic School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 23 2023 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
Essex
Unique reference
137058
Address
Tripton Road, CM18 6AA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1067 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
53.0%
Girls
47.0%
First language not English
26.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.9%
Persistent absence
20.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 41.3%
African 19.8%
Other White 15%
Mixed 6.9%
Indian 5.2%
Other 2.9%
Caribbean 1.9%
Other Asian 1.7%
Other Black 1.7%
Pakistani 1%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Unclassified 0.8%
Chinese 0.6%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.05
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 73%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 48.4
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.5
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE24
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE38
Business Studies:SingleGCSE80
ChemistryGCSE38
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
Design & TechnologyGCSE42
English LanguageGCSE172
English LiteratureGCSE172
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

St Mark's West Essex Catholic School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
180
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
188
2nd preference
139
3rd preference
89
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
166
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
3
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 classes23
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
91
89
Year 8
179
96
83
Year 9
180
104
76
Year 10
174
92
82
Year 11
172
92
80
Year 12
109
48
61
Year 13
73
42
31
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
85.2%
85.6%
Further education
37.0%
37.1%
35.4%
School sixth form
53.0%
38.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
9.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
6.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
77.0%
60.5%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
20.0%
20.0%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
3.1%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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