Blessed William Howard Catholic School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 22 2024 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
Staffordshire
Unique reference
142193
Address
Rowley Avenue, ST17 9AB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
951 (86% of total capacity)
Boys
49.6%
Girls
50.4%
First language not English
13.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.3%
Persistent absence
15.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 74.8%
Other White 10%
Mixed 4.1%
Indian 2.1%
African 2%
Other 1.8%
Other Asian 1.7%
Other Black 1.1%
Unclassified 0.7%
Caribbean 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.57
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 70%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 56%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.5
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.78
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award9
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award10
MultimediaTechnical Award25
Speech & DramaTechnical Award14
Art & DesignGCSE39
BiologyGCSE47
Business Studies:SingleGCSE56
ChemistryGCSE46
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
Design & TechnologyGCSE24
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Blessed William Howard Catholic School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
211
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
221
2nd preference
120
3rd preference
44
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
195
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes22.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
184
102
82
Year 8
164
85
79
Year 9
165
80
85
Year 10
170
83
87
Year 11
173
80
93
Year 12
55
21
34
Year 13
40
21
19
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
83.9%
86.5%
Further education
42.0%
40.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
41.0%
38.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
3.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
5.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
5.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
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
90.0%
55.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
33.0%
11.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
31.0%
9.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
0.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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