St Catherine's Catholic School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 15 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Bexley
Unique reference
137681
Address
Watling Street, DA6 7QJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1039 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
10.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
12%
Persistent absence
13.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.1%
Pupil ethnicities
African 49.3%
White British 17.7%
Mixed 7.5%
Indian 4.8%
Unclassified 4.7%
Other White 4.2%
Other Black 3.8%
Other Asian 2.9%
Caribbean 1.8%
Other 1.4%
Chinese 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.56
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.06
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 54%
Local authority average 44%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 52%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.9
Local authority average 49.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.75
Local authority average 4.41
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE23
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE17
BiologyGCSE58
Business Studies:SingleGCSE84
ChemistryGCSE58
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
Design & TechnologyGCSE7
English LanguageGCSE203
English LiteratureGCSE203
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Catherine's Catholic School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
212
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
153
2nd preference
71
3rd preference
77
From another Local Authority
125
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
153
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
17
To another Local Authority
58
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 classes24.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
206
0
206
Year 8
210
0
210
Year 9
209
0
209
Year 10
211
0
211
Year 11
203
0
203
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
90.8%
86.5%
Further education
11.0%
18.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
63.0%
62.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
23.0%
8.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
3.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022