St Catherine's Catholic School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 14 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
1040 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
10.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.4%
Persistent absence
12.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.5%
Pupil ethnicities
African 49.4%
White British 16.9%
Mixed 8.5%
Indian 5%
Other White 4.4%
Other Black 3.8%
Unclassified 3.7%
Other Asian 3.2%
Caribbean 2.1%
Other 1.3%
Chinese 0.7%
Pakistani 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 66%
Local authority average 42%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%
Local authority average 54%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 55.1
Local authority average 50.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.96
Local authority average 4.51
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award1
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE22
Art & DesignGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE18
AstronomyGCSE16
BiologyGCSE58
Business Studies:SingleGCSE81
ChemistryGCSE57
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

St Catherine's Catholic School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
204
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
119
2nd preference
101
3rd preference
63
From another Local Authority
101
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
119
2nd preference
38
3rd preference
19
To another Local Authority
44
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 classes22.6
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
205
0
205
Year 8
209
0
209
Year 9
207
0
207
Year 10
209
0
209
Year 11
210
0
210
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
88.4%
85.5%
Further education
11.0%
21.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
58.0%
57.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
27.0%
9.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.8%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.8%
5.7%
Destination unknown
0.0%
2.2%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023