St Mark's CofE School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 9 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Unique reference
147801
Address
Bay Tree Road, BA1 6ND

Pupils

Number of Pupils
235 (50% of total capacity)
Boys
59.6%
Girls
40.4%
First language not English
17.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.7%
Persistent absence
26.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 66.8%
Other White 8.1%
Mixed 7.7%
Unclassified 5.1%
Other 3.4%
Other Asian 3%
Indian 2.1%
African 1.7%
Chinese 0.9%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.44
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 58%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 51%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.8
Local authority average 49.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.56
Local authority average 4.38
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE8
Design & TechnologyGCSE16
English LanguageGCSE36
English LiteratureGCSE36
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE1
FrenchGCSE4
GeographyGCSE19
Modern GreekGCSE1
HistoryGCSE16
MathematicsGCSE36
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

St Mark's CofE School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
57
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
33
2nd preference
25
3rd preference
20
From another Local Authority
10
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
33
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
6
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 classes16.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
56
29
27
Year 8
37
21
16
Year 9
52
37
15
Year 10
52
27
25
Year 11
38
26
12
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
84.5%
85.6%
Further education
46.0%
25.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
8.0%
49.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
26.0%
9.5%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
4.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.6%
5.9%
Destination unknown
8.0%
1.5%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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