Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 27 2024 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
Coventry
Unique reference
147345
Address
Leasowes Avenue, CV3 6BH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1140 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
49.4%
Girls
50.6%
First language not English
31.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.1%
Persistent absence
17.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 41.1%
African 28.7%
Other White 8.2%
Indian 6.5%
Mixed 6%
Other Black 2.1%
Other Asian 1.7%
Unclassified 1.3%
Irish 1.1%
Chinese 1.1%
Other 0.9%
Pakistani 0.6%
Caribbean 0.5%
Bangladeshi 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
-0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 49%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.4
Local authority average 43.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.32
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award27
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE23
Art & DesignGCSE1
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE22
BiologyGCSE41
Business Studies:SingleGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE40
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
180
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
202
2nd preference
141
3rd preference
97
From another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
161
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
10
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 classes21.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
212
117
95
Year 8
211
108
103
Year 9
216
110
106
Year 10
177
84
93
Year 11
181
89
92
Year 12
71
31
40
Year 13
72
24
48
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
85.0%
86.5%
Further education
33.0%
33.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
48.0%
47.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
3.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
6.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.3%
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
84.0%
69.9%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
29.0%
14.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
22.0%
13.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
0.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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