Oaklands Catholic School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 6 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
Hampshire
Unique reference
137345
Address
Stakes Hill Road, PO7 7BW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1372 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
47.6%
Girls
52.4%
First language not English
11.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.2%
Persistent absence
16.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 59.8%
Mixed 11.2%
Indian 8.7%
Other White 7.9%
African 5.2%
Other Asian 2.4%
Unclassified 1.8%
Other 0.9%
Other Black 0.7%
Irish 0.4%
Caribbean 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.23
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 62%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.88
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE33
Business Studies:SingleGCSE61
ChemistryGCSE33
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
Design & TechnologyGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE229
English LiteratureGCSE225
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Oaklands Catholic School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
225
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
226
2nd preference
151
3rd preference
86
From another Local Authority
135
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
204
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
56
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 classes22.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
232
114
118
Year 8
234
115
119
Year 9
232
117
115
Year 10
230
110
120
Year 11
222
97
125
Year 12
99
41
58
Year 13
123
59
64
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
39.0%
38.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
51.0%
7.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
39.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.0%
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
69.0%
60.9%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
27.0%
18.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
26.0%
17.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
1.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020