Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 12 2022 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
Redcar and Cleveland
Unique reference
142273
Address
Mersey Road, TS10 1PJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
729 (86% of total capacity)
Boys
48.1%
Girls
51.9%
First language not English
2.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.8%
Persistent absence
18.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.3%
Mixed 2.1%
Other White 1.1%
Unclassified 0.8%
Irish 0.7%
Other 0.7%
African 0.5%
Other Asian 0.4%
Chinese 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.16
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.33
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 38%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 49.3
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.27
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award17
Sports StudiesTechnical Award13
TourismTechnical Award1
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award46
Health StudiesTechnical Award20
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)13
Art & DesignGCSE19
BiologyGCSE19
ChemistryGCSE19
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
151
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
156
2nd preference
54
3rd preference
14
From another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
151
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
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 classes24.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
147
60
87
Year 8
149
66
83
Year 9
147
81
66
Year 10
146
66
80
Year 11
140
78
62
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
80.9%
86.5%
Further education
43.0%
48.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
4.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
42.0%
27.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
6.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
7.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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