St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Outstanding Jun 27 2024 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
- Derbyshire
- Unique reference
- 138470
- Address
- Newbold Road, Upper Newbold, S41 8AG
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1347 (91% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 46.3%
- Girls
- 53.7%
- First language not English
- 9%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 13.2%
- Persistent absence
- 11.7%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 11.2%
White British 72.5%
Mixed 9.1%
Indian 4.7%
Other White 4.6%
African 2.7%
Other Asian 2.3%
Chinese 1.9%
Irish 0.6%
Other 0.6%
Other Black 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.36
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.16
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 50%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 67%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 57.3
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 5.24
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Childcare Skills | Technical Award | 21 |
Computer Appreciation / Introduction | Technical Award | 31 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 65 |
Biology | GCSE | 63 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 63 |
Chinese | GCSE | 2 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 39 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 16 |
English Language | GCSE | 201 |
English Literature | GCSE | 197 |
Admissions
St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 200
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 250
- 2nd preference
- 120
- 3rd preference
- 69
- From another Local Authority
- 25
Offers
- 1st preference
- 199
- 2nd preference
- 0
- 3rd preference
- 1
- To another Local Authority
- 9
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 20.4 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 209 91 118 |
Year 8 | 205 97 108 |
Year 9 | 205 99 106 |
Year 10 | 208 105 103 |
Year 11 | 203 97 106 |
Year 12 | 167 82 85 |
Year 13 | 149 51 98 |
Year 14 | 1 1 0 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 95.0% 81.5% 85.6% |
Further education | 30.0% 40.3% 35.4% |
School sixth form | 63.0% 35.3% 36.6% |
Sixth form college | SP 5.2% 13.0% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.6% 0.5% |
Entering employment | SP 5.3% 4.1% |
Entering apprenticeships | 3.0% 5.6% 3.2% |
Not in education or employment | 1.0% 6.3% 5.9% |
Destination unknown | 0.0% 1.2% 1.2% |
Progression to Higher Education or Training
Destinations after A‑levels | School LA England |
---|---|
Degrees | 86.0% 64.8% 65.5% |
Top third higher education institutions | 47.0% 24.3% 23.8% |
Other study at level 4 or 5 | 1.0% 3.1% 2.5% |
Higher apprenticeships | 2.0% 3.0% 2.2% |