English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
Requires improvement
Jan 7 2025 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
Hartlepool
Unique reference
140867
Address
Catcote Road, TS25 4HA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1472 (83% of total capacity)
Boys
49.3%
Girls
50.7%
First language not English
6.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
32.3%
Persistent absence
26.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.5%
Pupil ethnicities
EthnicityPercentage
African1.5%
Mixed2%
Other Asian2.9%
Other White2.9%
White British87%
Pakistani
0.8%
Other
0.7%
Bangladeshi
0.5%
Chinese
0.5%
Indian
0.4%
Other Black
0.3%
Irish
0.1%
Irish Traveller
0.1%
Unclassified
0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

AreaResult
School
35%
Local authority average
30%
England average
41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

AreaResult
School
34%
Local authority average
43%
England average
45%

Attainment 8 score

NameValue
School
41.2
Local authority average
42.4
England average
46

EBacc average point score

NameValue
School
3.52
Local authority average
3.66
England average
4.09
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Speech & DramaTechnical Award16
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE33
BiologyGCSE27
Business Studies:SingleGCSE81
ChemistryGCSE26
ChineseGCSE1
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE35
Design & TechnologyGCSE69
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
249
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
229
2nd preference
214
3rd preference
125
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
225
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
3
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 classes21.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
262
134
128
Year 8
259
136
123
Year 9
267
120
147
Year 10
260
132
128
Year 11
266
145
121
Year 12
87
39
48
Year 13
71
19
52
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
86.3%
85.5%
Further education
60.0%
78.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
28.0%
7.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
SP
0.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.1%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.4%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
6.8%
5.7%
Destination unknown
SP
2.3%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
72.0%
33.5%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
22.0%
6.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
15.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.5%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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