St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 6 2021 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
Derbyshire
Unique reference
142042
Address
Sunlaws Street, SK13 8DR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
582 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
53.3%
Girls
46.7%
First language not English
2.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.9%
Persistent absence
17.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.4%
Mixed 3.8%
Other White 2.2%
Irish 0.5%
Indian 0.5%
Other Asian 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
African 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.12
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 44%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.9
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.88
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award19
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award8
Health StudiesTechnical Award16
Speech & DramaTechnical Award7
Art & DesignGCSE28
BiologyGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE28
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE48
English LanguageGCSE118
English LiteratureGCSE118
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
113
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
108
2nd preference
106
3rd preference
21
From another Local Authority
12
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
108
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
3
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 classes23.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
115
72
43
Year 8
118
60
58
Year 9
121
70
51
Year 10
116
47
69
Year 11
112
61
51
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
82.6%
86.5%
Further education
40.0%
39.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
0.0%
36.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
36.0%
5.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
6.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
13.0%
5.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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