St Boniface's RC College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Feb 22 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
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
Plymouth
Unique reference
140693
Address
21 Boniface Lane, Crownhill, PL5 3AG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
374 (39% of total capacity)
Boys
100.0%
Girls
0.0%
First language not English
12%
Free school meals (FSM)
32.4%
Persistent absence
31.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77.8%
Other White 7.8%
Other 2.9%
Indian 2.7%
African 2.7%
Mixed 1.9%
Unclassified 1.3%
Bangladeshi 1.1%
Other Asian 0.8%
Caribbean 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.63
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 11%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 24%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.6
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.13
Local authority average 3.81
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
Design & TechnologyGCSE20
English LanguageGCSE63
English LiteratureGCSE63
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE32
FrenchGCSE11
GeographyGCSE49
HistoryGCSE23
MathematicsGCSE63
PolishGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Boniface's RC College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
73
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
76
2nd preference
37
3rd preference
28
From another Local Authority
12
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
64
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
4
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 classes24.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
79
79
0
Year 8
79
79
0
Year 9
74
74
0
Year 10
75
75
0
Year 11
67
67
0
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
44.0%
28.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
37.0%
51.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
3.0%
0.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
7.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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