St Benedict's Catholic High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 13 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
566 (72% of total capacity)
Boys
49.1%
Girls
50.9%
First language not English
16.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.1%
Persistent absence
28.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 72.6%
Other White 13.8%
Mixed 5%
Indian 2.8%
Unclassified 2.5%
Other 0.9%
Irish 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%
Other Asian 0.4%
African 0.4%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.09
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 15%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.4
Local authority average 48.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.87
Local authority average 4.22
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award34
TourismTechnical Award15
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE23
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE19
BiologyGCSE30
Business Studies:SingleGCSE52
ChemistryGCSE30
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE2
English LanguageGCSE106
English LiteratureGCSE106
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

St Benedict's Catholic High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
110
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
43
2nd preference
83
3rd preference
32
From another Local Authority
36
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
43
2nd preference
24
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
22
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 classes22.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
99
47
52
Year 8
110
51
59
Year 9
55
30
25
Year 10
112
66
46
Year 11
109
54
55
Year 12
40
11
29
Year 13
41
19
22
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
85.0%
85.6%
Further education
19.0%
32.6%
35.4%
School sixth form
68.0%
44.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
4.0%
7.2%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
6.1%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.2%
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
58.0%
65.1%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
9.0%
26.3%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.6%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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