St Michael's Catholic Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 15 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
1006 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
47.4%
Girls
52.6%
First language not English
1.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
28%
Persistent absence
35.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 92.6%
Mixed 3.1%
African 1.2%
Other 0.9%
Other White 0.5%
Indian 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Other Asian 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.64
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 18%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 48%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.2
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.59
Local authority average 4
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award5
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE20
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE13
Art & DesignGCSE25
BiologyGCSE39
ChemistryGCSE38
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE37
English LanguageGCSE186
English LiteratureGCSE183
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE31
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

St Michael's Catholic Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
167
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
141
2nd preference
105
3rd preference
20
From another Local Authority
10
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
141
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes22.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
202
95
107
Year 8
209
93
116
Year 9
199
92
107
Year 10
201
93
108
Year 11
195
104
91
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
83.1%
85.6%
Further education
71.0%
55.9%
35.4%
School sixth form
1.0%
14.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
5.0%
12.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
4.0%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
12.0%
7.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.3%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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