St Michael's Catholic Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 14 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
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
Stockton-on-Tees
Unique reference
139656
Address
Beamish Road, TS23 3DX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
943 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
45.1%
Girls
54.9%
First language not English
2.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.3%
Persistent absence
29.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 92%
Mixed 3.2%
African 1.5%
Other White 0.7%
Other 0.7%
Indian 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Other Black 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 24%
Local authority average 39%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.8
Local authority average 44.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.57
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award10
Art & DesignGCSE15
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE12
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE9
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE30
BiologyGCSE53
ChemistryGCSE53
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE12
English LanguageGCSE194
English LiteratureGCSE191
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

St Michael's Catholic Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
165
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
163
2nd preference
95
3rd preference
18
From another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
163
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes22.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
161
70
91
Year 8
191
90
101
Year 9
202
88
114
Year 10
195
90
105
Year 11
194
87
107
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
82.8%
85.5%
Further education
70.0%
54.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
2.0%
14.0%
35.2%
Sixth form college
7.0%
13.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.1%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
2.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
8.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.9%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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