St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 15 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
Stockton-on-Tees
Unique reference
142281
Address
Baysdale Road, Thornaby, TS17 9DE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
554 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
47.1%
Girls
52.9%
First language not English
7.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
38.1%
Persistent absence
38.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.1%
African 5.1%
Other White 2%
Pakistani 2%
Mixed 1.9%
Other 1.1%
Indian 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Other Asian 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.39
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 12%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 48%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.3
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.31
Local authority average 4
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award40
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award12
Speech & DramaTechnical Award20
Sports StudiesTechnical Award24
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE23
BiologyGCSE3
ChemistryGCSE3
English LanguageGCSE99
English LiteratureGCSE97
FrenchGCSE15
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
110
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
101
2nd preference
40
3rd preference
19
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
101
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
4
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 classes23.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
126
61
65
Year 8
120
54
66
Year 9
111
53
58
Year 10
94
48
46
Year 11
103
45
58
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
83.1%
85.6%
Further education
75.0%
55.9%
35.4%
School sixth form
3.0%
14.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
9.0%
12.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
4.0%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
7.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.3%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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