St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jan 18 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
County Durham
Unique reference
143583
Address
North End, DH1 4NG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1361 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
48.5%
Girls
51.5%
First language not English
6.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.3%
Persistent absence
26.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82.9%
Other White 4.8%
Mixed 3.4%
Other 2.4%
Indian 1.7%
African 1.5%
Other Asian 1%
Chinese 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Irish 0.5%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.65
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 35%
Local authority average 32%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 66%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 59.4
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.11
Local authority average 3.82
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award40
Health StudiesTechnical Award39
MultimediaTechnical Award16
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE9
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE35
BiologyGCSE79
ChemistryGCSE80
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE37
Design & TechnologyGCSE13
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
160
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
136
2nd preference
146
3rd preference
114
From another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
136
2nd preference
20
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 classes23.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
228
116
112
Year 8
232
114
118
Year 9
220
111
109
Year 10
227
99
128
Year 11
222
101
121
Year 12
114
58
56
Year 13
118
61
57
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
81.3%
86.5%
Further education
25.0%
42.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
65.0%
34.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
3.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
6.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
7.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.5%
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
86.0%
53.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
42.0%
20.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
38.0%
18.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
6.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
4.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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