Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 23 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
Sandwell
Unique reference
147881
Address
Wood Green Road, WS10 9QS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
861 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
48.0%
Girls
52.0%
First language not English
33.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
36.1%
Persistent absence
32.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 34.1%
Pakistani 17.1%
Indian 12.7%
Mixed 10.4%
African 8.2%
Other White 5.2%
Bangladeshi 5.1%
Other Asian 2.8%
Caribbean 2.3%
Other Black 0.7%
Other 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Unclassified 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.13
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.07
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 2%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 35%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.2
Local authority average 42.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.5
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award8
TourismTechnical Award3
Health StudiesTechnical Award10
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE16
BiologyGCSE24
Business Studies:SingleGCSE55
ChemistryGCSE24
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
125
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
83
2nd preference
100
3rd preference
47
From another Local Authority
128
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
83
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
68
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 classes23.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
137
65
72
Year 8
150
74
76
Year 9
145
67
78
Year 10
146
73
73
Year 11
149
69
80
Year 12
60
32
28
Year 13
74
33
41
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
30.0%
52.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
55.0%
27.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
5.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
7.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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