Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jan 18 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Staffordshire
Unique reference
146235
Address
Bluestone Lane, Stapenhill, DE15 9SD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
612 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
50.2%
Girls
49.8%
First language not English
20.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.2%
Persistent absence
16.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 70.6%
Other White 16.7%
Mixed 4.9%
Indian 2.3%
African 2%
Irish 1.3%
Other Asian 1%
Other Black 0.8%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 65%
Local authority average 33%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.6
Local authority average 43.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.08
Local authority average 3.77
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
MathematicsAS level1
Art & DesignGCSE30
BiologyGCSE7
ChemistryGCSE7
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE14
Design & TechnologyGCSE13
English LanguageGCSE89
English LiteratureGCSE89
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE13
FrenchGCSE23
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
120
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
153
2nd preference
137
3rd preference
44
From another Local Authority
115
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
117
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
46
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 classes23.6
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
149
86
63
Year 8
125
61
64
Year 9
125
61
64
Year 10
122
54
68
Year 11
91
45
46
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
83.4%
85.5%
Further education
44.0%
46.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
40.0%
33.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
3.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.3%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
5.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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