St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 26 2014 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
Leeds
Unique reference
139351
Address
Bradford Road, Menston, LS29 6AE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1195 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
50.5%
Girls
49.5%
First language not English
6.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
5.8%
Persistent absence
17.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82.9%
Other White 7.1%
Mixed 5%
African 1.6%
Irish 1.3%
Indian 0.7%
Other Asian 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.56
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 74%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 67%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 57.2
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.2
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Speech & DramaTechnical Award9
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE61
BiologyGCSE60
ChemistryGCSE59
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE29
Design & TechnologyGCSE55
English LanguageGCSE201
English LiteratureGCSE197
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE38
FrenchGCSE94
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
200
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
193
2nd preference
226
3rd preference
188
From another Local Authority
346
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
184
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
56
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 classes20
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
200
90
110
Year 8
199
94
105
Year 9
203
106
97
Year 10
195
104
91
Year 11
200
101
99
Year 12
98
64
34
Year 13
98
45
53
Year 14
2
0
2
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
84.9%
86.5%
Further education
20.0%
33.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
64.0%
36.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
8.0%
14.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
6.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.3%
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
80.0%
64.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
35.0%
18.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
32.0%
16.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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