St Columba's Catholic Boys' School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 23 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Bexley
Unique reference
138650
Address
Halcot Avenue, DA6 7QB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
841 (80% of total capacity)
Boys
100.0%
Girls
0.0%
First language not English
19.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.6%
Persistent absence
26.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.8%
Pupil ethnicities
African 43.6%
White British 22.2%
Mixed 7.1%
Other Black 6.4%
Indian 4.9%
Other Asian 3.8%
Other White 3.7%
Caribbean 2.3%
Chinese 2%
Other 1.2%
Unclassified 1%
Irish 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Pakistani 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.17
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.06
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 44%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 52%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.4
Local authority average 49.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.82
Local authority average 4.41
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Speech & DramaTechnical Award6
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
BiologyGCSE52
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE51
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE63
Design & TechnologyGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE166
English LiteratureGCSE165
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE20
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Columba's Catholic Boys' School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
137
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
82
2nd preference
40
3rd preference
51
From another Local Authority
71
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
82
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
21
To another Local Authority
36
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes26.3
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
150
150
0
Year 8
176
176
0
Year 9
169
169
0
Year 10
175
175
0
Year 11
171
171
0
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
90.8%
86.5%
Further education
21.0%
18.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
47.0%
62.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
23.0%
8.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022
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