Greyfriars Catholic School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 11 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Oxfordshire
Unique reference
146800
Address
Cricket Road, Cowley, Greyfriars Catholic School, OX4 3DR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
687 (52% of total capacity)
Boys
50.9%
Girls
49.1%
First language not English
46.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.4%
Persistent absence
30.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 19.2%
Mixed 14.2%
Other White 12.2%
Other Asian 11.6%
African 11.5%
Other 6.6%
Pakistani 6.4%
Indian 5.1%
Unclassified 4.4%
Bangladeshi 3.3%
Caribbean 2.9%
Irish Traveller 0.9%
Irish 0.6%
Other Black 0.6%
Chinese 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.41
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 14%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 31%
Local authority average 48%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.4
Local authority average 46.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.05
Local authority average 4.11
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award22
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award25
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE27
BiologyGCSE30
ChemistryGCSE30
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE85
English LiteratureGCSE84
FrenchGCSE15
GeographyGCSE26
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Greyfriars Catholic School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
92
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
61
2nd preference
55
3rd preference
45
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
61
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes23.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
110
58
52
Year 8
127
59
68
Year 9
96
48
48
Year 10
88
44
44
Year 11
168
85
83
Year 12
43
23
20
Year 13
55
33
22
Year 2023-2024