Thomas Becket Catholic School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 9 2022 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
West Northamptonshire
Unique reference
142747
Address
Becket Way, Kettering Road North, NN3 6HT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
887 (75% of total capacity)
Boys
53.3%
Girls
46.7%
First language not English
38.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.1%
Persistent absence
28.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 36.8%
Mixed 24.1%
Other White 18.7%
Indian 6.2%
Unclassified 5%
African 3.7%
Other 1.7%
Other Asian 1.1%
Pakistani 0.8%
Other Black 0.6%
Irish 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
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
-0.23
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 38%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.9
Local authority average 45.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.25
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award22
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE7
Art & Design (Critical Studies)GCSE1
BiologyGCSE54
Business Studies:SingleGCSE60
ChemistryGCSE54
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE26
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
DanceGCSE5
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Thomas Becket Catholic School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
165
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
82
2nd preference
105
3rd preference
84
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
82
2nd preference
39
3rd preference
15
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 classes18.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
159
88
71
Year 8
167
86
81
Year 9
174
84
90
Year 10
158
88
70
Year 11
142
87
55
Year 12
42
24
18
Year 13
43
16
27
Year 14
2
0
2
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
88.2%
86.5%
Further education
28.0%
37.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
53.0%
50.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
3.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
14.0%
4.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.9%
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
60.0%
n/a
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
12.0%
n/a
19.7%
Russell Group
10.0%
n/a
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
n/a
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
5.0%
n/a
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
n/a
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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