St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 18 2023 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
Northumberland
Unique reference
141814
Address
Ridge Terrace, NE22 6ED

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1106 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
45.0%
Girls
55.0%
First language not English
5.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.1%
Persistent absence
27.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.3%
Mixed 2.8%
Other Asian 2.7%
Indian 2%
Other White 1.9%
Other 1.5%
African 0.9%
Irish 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
Unclassified 0.4%
Pakistani 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.13
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.2
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 26%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.79
Local authority average 3.8
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award25
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award17
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award27
Health StudiesTechnical Award33
Sports StudiesTechnical Award30
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE27
BiologyGCSE50
ChemistryGCSE50
Design & TechnologyGCSE45
English LanguageGCSE196
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
192
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
143
2nd preference
107
3rd preference
31
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
143
2nd preference
39
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes21.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
202
94
108
Year 8
181
82
99
Year 9
182
88
94
Year 10
187
95
92
Year 11
201
83
118
Year 12
77
28
49
Year 13
76
28
48
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
81.1%
85.6%
Further education
43.0%
34.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
40.0%
45.7%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
SP
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
6.1%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
5.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
6.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.4%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
56.0%
68.2%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
26.0%
29.8%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.0%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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