Saint Michael's Catholic High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 25 2014 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
Hertfordshire
Unique reference
137922
Address
High Elms Lane, Garston, WD25 0SS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1106 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
51.8%
Girls
48.2%
First language not English
8%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.4%
Persistent absence
18.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 60.1%
Other White 14.6%
Mixed 6.5%
African 5.9%
Irish 5.5%
Other Asian 3.3%
Indian 1.3%
Other 0.8%
Other Black 0.7%
Caribbean 0.6%
Chinese 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.24
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 57%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.4
Local authority average 51
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.65
Local authority average 4.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award22
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE26
BiologyGCSE27
Business Studies:SingleGCSE64
ChemistryGCSE27
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
English LanguageGCSE175
English LiteratureGCSE173
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE19
FrenchGCSE24
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Saint Michael's Catholic High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
173
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
175
2nd preference
126
3rd preference
87
From another Local Authority
15
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
148
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes23.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
95
85
Year 8
183
93
90
Year 9
183
93
90
Year 10
179
93
86
Year 11
174
96
78
Year 12
100
45
55
Year 13
107
58
49
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
92.3%
86.5%
Further education
31.0%
27.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
60.0%
61.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
1.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.5%
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
75.0%
68.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
28.0%
25.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
16.0%
22.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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