Notre Dame RC School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 4 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
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
140737
Address
Looseleigh Lane, Derriford, PL6 5HN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
765 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
3.3%
Girls
96.7%
First language not English
7.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.1%
Persistent absence
32.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 79%
Other White 4.2%
Unclassified 3.9%
Other 3.7%
Mixed 2.7%
African 2.5%
Indian 1.3%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Chinese 0.7%
Other Asian 0.5%
Other Black 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.31
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 26%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.9
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.36
Local authority average 3.81
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award23
Health StudiesTechnical Award42
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE51
BiologyGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE16
English LanguageGCSE130
English LiteratureGCSE129
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE38
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Notre Dame RC School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
124
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
105
2nd preference
55
3rd preference
68
From another Local Authority
23
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
105
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
11
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 classes21.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
139
0
139
Year 8
140
0
140
Year 9
131
0
131
Year 10
131
0
131
Year 11
134
0
134
Year 12
41
14
27
Year 13
46
10
36
Year 14
3
1
2
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
29.0%
28.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
53.0%
51.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
1.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
7.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.5%
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
71.0%
52.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
6.0%
12.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
6.0%
13.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
5.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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