St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 8 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
Bury
Unique reference
148049
Address
Bridge Road, BL9 0TZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1060 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
53.2%
Girls
46.8%
First language not English
21.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
20%
Persistent absence
26.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 68.3%
Pakistani 9.9%
Other White 7.6%
Mixed 4.1%
African 3.7%
Other Asian 2.3%
Other 1.1%
Indian 0.9%
Irish 0.8%
Chinese 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.27
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 35%
Local authority average 32%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.5
Local authority average 44.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.84
Local authority average 3.89
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE16
BiologyGCSE31
ChemistryGCSE30
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
DanceGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE213
English LiteratureGCSE210
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE17
GeographyGCSE94
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
203
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
179
2nd preference
124
3rd preference
63
From another Local Authority
26
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
171
2nd preference
27
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
5
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 classes26
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
218
112
106
Year 8
217
120
97
Year 9
207
110
97
Year 10
207
120
87
Year 11
211
102
109
Year 2023-2024

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