St Mark's Catholic School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Sept 21 2022 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
Hounslow
Unique reference
137995
Address
106 Bath Road, TW3 3EJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1215 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
52.0%
Girls
48.0%
First language not English
56.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.8%
Persistent absence
10.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.1%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 40.6%
Other White 18.3%
White British 12.1%
Other 7.6%
Mixed 7%
African 4.7%
Other Asian 3.6%
Irish 2.4%
Pakistani 1.2%
Caribbean 0.8%
Other Black 0.8%
Unclassified 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 89%
Local authority average 58%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 72%
Local authority average 52%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 62.5
Local authority average 49.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.98
Local authority average 4.59
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE9
BiologyGCSE44
Business Studies:SingleGCSE45
ChemistryGCSE44
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE36
Design & TechnologyGCSE8
DanceGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE186
English LiteratureGCSE186
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

St Mark's Catholic School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
180
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
353
2nd preference
232
3rd preference
167
From another Local Authority
341
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
168
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
51
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 classes21.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
186
89
97
Year 8
187
103
84
Year 9
187
90
97
Year 10
187
107
80
Year 11
186
104
82
Year 12
146
71
75
Year 13
136
68
68
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
90.9%
85.5%
Further education
24.0%
27.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
71.0%
61.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.6%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
90.0%
74.1%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
38.0%
21.6%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
1.5%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022