St Joseph's College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 26 2020 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
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
Croydon
Unique reference
138221
Address
Beulah Hill, SE19 3HL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
947 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
98.9%
Girls
1.1%
First language not English
25.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
32.6%
Persistent absence
14.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.3%
Pupil ethnicities
African 31.4%
Caribbean 13.4%
Pakistani 12.7%
Mixed 8.1%
Other White 7%
Other Asian 6.8%
Indian 4.9%
Other 4.9%
White British 3.9%
Other Black 3.4%
Unclassified 1.8%
Bangladeshi 1.6%
Chinese 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.22
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 49%
Local authority average 48%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 45%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award30
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award18
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE16
BiologyGCSE27
Business Studies:SingleGCSE52
ChemistryGCSE27
ChineseGCSE19
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE37
Design & TechnologyGCSE37
English LanguageGCSE167
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Joseph's College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
106
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
57
2nd preference
48
3rd preference
41
From another Local Authority
53
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
57
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
9
To another Local Authority
24
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 classes18.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
114
114
0
Year 8
129
129
0
Year 9
151
151
0
Year 10
166
166
0
Year 11
173
173
0
Year 12
98
95
3
Year 13
116
109
7
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
91.9%
86.5%
Further education
19.0%
29.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
72.0%
53.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
3.0%
8.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.2%
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
86.0%
70.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
18.0%
14.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
17.0%
11.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
0.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020