St Joseph's Catholic High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 10 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
Slough
Unique reference
143803
Address
Shaggy Calf Lane, SL2 5HW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
958 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
50.4%
Girls
49.6%
First language not English
39.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
9.3%
Persistent absence
13.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.8%
Pupil ethnicities
Other White 45.4%
White British 17.1%
Mixed 9.8%
Indian 8.4%
Other 7.1%
African 6.3%
Other Asian 1.7%
Pakistani 1.5%
Irish 1.1%
Other Black 0.8%
Caribbean 0.6%
Unclassified 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.37
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 78%
Local authority average 50%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 49%
Local authority average 56%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.4
Local authority average 52.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.59
Local authority average 4.71
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award10
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE48
BiologyGCSE48
Business Studies:SingleGCSE47
ChemistryGCSE47
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
Design & TechnologyGCSE24
English LanguageGCSE161
English LiteratureGCSE161
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Joseph's Catholic High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
157
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
180
2nd preference
77
3rd preference
60
From another Local Authority
50
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
131
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
13
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 classes20.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
161
77
84
Year 8
160
91
69
Year 9
157
77
80
Year 10
144
72
72
Year 11
152
75
77
Year 12
109
48
61
Year 13
75
43
32
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
92.4%
86.5%
Further education
21.0%
22.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
70.0%
67.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
3.0%
2.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
2.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
3.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.1%
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
79.0%
76.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
14.0%
20.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
11.0%
18.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020