St Benedict's Catholic High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 12 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
Warwickshire
Unique reference
143634
Address
Kinwarton Road, B49 6PX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
513 (69% of total capacity)
Boys
48.1%
Girls
51.9%
First language not English
15.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
25.9%
Persistent absence
20.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
22.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 73.5%
Other White 13.5%
Mixed 4.8%
Indian 2.7%
Unclassified 2.1%
African 1.2%
Other 1%
Pakistani 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 28%
Local authority average 42%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46
Local authority average 47.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.05
Local authority average 4.27
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award33
Speech & DramaTechnical Award7
Art & DesignGCSE13
BiologyGCSE23
ChemistryGCSE23
Design & TechnologyGCSE26
English LanguageGCSE103
English LiteratureGCSE103
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE17
GeographyGCSE41
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

St Benedict's Catholic High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
111
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
63
2nd preference
84
3rd preference
40
From another Local Authority
30
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
63
2nd preference
22
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
26
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
93
45
48
Year 8
97
43
54
Year 9
109
50
59
Year 10
51
29
22
Year 11
107
62
45
Year 12
23
10
13
Year 13
33
8
25
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
86.2%
85.5%
Further education
32.0%
33.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
49.0%
44.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
3.0%
7.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
2.9%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
72.0%
59.5%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
12.0%
20.9%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
3.1%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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