St Mary's College, Voluntary Catholic Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Oct 24 2023 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
Kingston upon Hull, City of
Unique reference
144104
Address
Cranbrook Avenue, HU6 7TN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
2471 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
47.6%
Girls
52.4%
First language not English
31%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.4%
Persistent absence
9.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 50.2%
Other White 24%
Mixed 8.6%
African 7.3%
Other 3.9%
Unclassified 1.8%
Other Black 1.1%
Indian 0.9%
Pakistani 0.6%
Other Asian 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Chinese 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.73
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.4
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 80%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 58%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 56
Local authority average 43
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.1
Local authority average 3.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award58
Music Studies (General)Technical Award21
Sports StudiesTechnical Award53
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award1
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award15
MultimediaTechnical Award72
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award74
Speech & DramaTechnical Award26
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE3
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Mary's College, Voluntary Catholic Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
345
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
520
2nd preference
356
3rd preference
187
From another Local Authority
135
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
335
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
66
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 classes22.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
375
193
182
Year 8
378
195
183
Year 9
369
178
191
Year 10
385
205
180
Year 11
357
182
175
Year 12
306
117
189
Year 13
301
105
196
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
76.7%
86.5%
Further education
12.0%
21.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
68.0%
21.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
9.0%
32.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
6.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
7.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
8.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
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
77.0%
61.1%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
22.0%
12.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
21.0%
10.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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