Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 15 2023 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
137938
Address
Colney Heath Lane, AL4 0TT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1067 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
59.0%
Girls
41.0%
First language not English
31.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.7%
Persistent absence
12.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 41.6%
Other White 22.7%
African 13.5%
Mixed 9.2%
Irish 4.2%
Other Asian 2.1%
Indian 1.6%
Other 1.2%
Caribbean 1%
Unclassified 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Chinese 0.7%
Other Black 0.5%
Pakistani 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.7
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 83%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 54%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.6
Local authority average 51
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.87
Local authority average 4.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE37
Art & DesignGCSE46
BiologyGCSE38
Business Studies:SingleGCSE52
ChemistryGCSE38
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE26
English LanguageGCSE179
English LiteratureGCSE179
FrenchGCSE71
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
168
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
193
2nd preference
132
3rd preference
117
From another Local Authority
45
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
149
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
11
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 classes22.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
185
100
85
Year 8
184
114
70
Year 9
184
113
71
Year 10
181
116
65
Year 11
175
98
77
Year 12
92
52
40
Year 13
65
35
30
Year 14
1
1
0
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
92.3%
86.5%
Further education
26.0%
27.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
62.0%
61.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
1.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
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
63.0%
68.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
21.0%
25.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
13.0%
22.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
4.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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