St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 25 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
Leicester
Unique reference
146232
Address
Spencefield Lane, LE5 6HN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1086 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
49.4%
Girls
50.6%
First language not English
46.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.3%
Persistent absence
18.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 29.4%
Indian 21.8%
African 13.4%
Mixed 10.7%
Other White 7.6%
Other Asian 5.8%
Other Black 3.3%
Caribbean 2.9%
Unclassified 2.3%
Other 1%
Pakistani 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Irish 0.4%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.19
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 36%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 50%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.1
Local authority average 45.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.28
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award9
Art & DesignTechnical Award15
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award16
Speech & DramaTechnical Award46
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE43
BiologyGCSE56
Business Studies:SingleGCSE56
ChemistryGCSE47
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE29
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
186
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
200
2nd preference
92
3rd preference
58
From another Local Authority
57
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
172
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
32
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 classes19.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
203
103
100
Year 8
181
93
88
Year 9
175
91
84
Year 10
176
76
100
Year 11
184
95
89
Year 12
87
44
43
Year 13
80
35
45
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
88.3%
86.5%
Further education
18.0%
27.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
56.0%
20.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
15.0%
40.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.5%
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
91.0%
68.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
20.0%
10.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
20.0%
8.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
0.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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