Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College

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
Luton
Unique reference
142310
Address
Warden Hill Road, LU2 7AE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1623 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
52.2%
Girls
47.8%
First language not English
30.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.9%
Persistent absence
18.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 30.6%
Other White 22.6%
African 16.1%
Mixed 7.4%
Indian 4.7%
Other Asian 4.7%
Caribbean 4.1%
Irish 2.7%
Unclassified 2%
Pakistani 1.8%
Other 1.2%
Other Black 1%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.29
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 88%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.5
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.66
Local authority average 3.92
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award14
MultimediaTechnical Award29
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE23
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE38
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE12
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE21
Business Studies:SingleGCSE69
ChemistryGCSE21
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE41
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
249
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
285
2nd preference
93
3rd preference
61
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
234
2nd preference
11
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 classes23.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
274
148
126
Year 8
272
150
122
Year 9
281
140
141
Year 10
277
140
137
Year 11
266
148
118
Year 12
130
57
73
Year 13
123
64
59
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
90.4%
86.5%
Further education
26.0%
27.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
46.0%
12.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
17.0%
49.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
1.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
1.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.4%
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
67.0%
77.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
28.0%
15.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
25.0%
13.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
6.0%
1.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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