Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
May 16 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
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
Derbyshire
Unique reference
137908
Address
Abbot Road, Kirk Hallam, DE7 4HX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
685 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
47.6%
Girls
52.4%
First language not English
6%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.2%
Persistent absence
22.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83.5%
Other White 5.7%
Mixed 4.2%
African 3.2%
Other Asian 1%
Indian 0.7%
Chinese 0.7%
Other Black 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.11
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 38%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 44%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.17
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE14
BiologyGCSE30
Business Studies:SingleGCSE23
ChemistryGCSE30
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE117
English LiteratureGCSE116
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE13
FrenchGCSE25
GeographyGCSE73
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
110
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
108
2nd preference
78
3rd preference
66
From another Local Authority
36
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
108
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
22
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 classes26.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
152
70
82
Year 8
121
61
60
Year 9
146
69
77
Year 10
147
67
80
Year 11
119
59
60
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
81.5%
85.6%
Further education
41.0%
40.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
14.0%
35.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
25.0%
5.2%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
7.0%
5.3%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
5.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
6.3%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.2%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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