St Katherine's School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 9 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
North Somerset
Unique reference
142853
Address
Pill Road, Ham Green, BS20 0HU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1007 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
54.5%
Girls
45.5%
First language not English
13.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.8%
Persistent absence
27.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 78.7%
Mixed 6.7%
Other White 5.2%
African 3.9%
Pakistani 1.2%
Caribbean 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Other 0.7%
Chinese 0.6%
Indian 0.4%
Other Asian 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.08
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 51%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.1
Local authority average 46.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.06
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE1
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE15
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE18
BiologyGCSE95
Business Studies:SingleGCSE61
ChemistryGCSE95
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE29
English LanguageGCSE169
English LiteratureGCSE169
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

St Katherine's School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
183
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
152
2nd preference
193
3rd preference
139
From another Local Authority
382
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
128
2nd preference
41
3rd preference
14
To another Local Authority
143
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 classes24.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
184
83
101
Year 8
185
112
73
Year 9
186
90
96
Year 10
182
104
78
Year 11
169
105
64
Year 12
52
24
28
Year 13
49
31
18
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
86.8%
85.6%
Further education
32.0%
47.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
47.0%
38.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
3.0%
0.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
7.0%
4.1%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
4.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
3.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.0%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
75.0%
60.9%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
32.0%
21.5%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
3.0%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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