St Matthew's RC High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Inadequate
Nov 17 2022 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
Manchester
Unique reference
148389
Address
Nuthurst Road, Moston, M40 0EW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1289 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
52.0%
Girls
48.0%
First language not English
27.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
53.3%
Persistent absence
32.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 41.4%
African 22.7%
Other Black 7.8%
Mixed 7.3%
Unclassified 4.7%
Other White 4.3%
Pakistani 3.2%
Other 2.2%
Indian 1.3%
Irish 1.2%
Other Asian 1.2%
Caribbean 0.9%
Chinese 0.9%
Irish Traveller 0.8%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.83
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 29%
Local authority average 45%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 25%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.1
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.17
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award59
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award19
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award63
Health StudiesTechnical Award38
MultimediaTechnical Award43
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award12
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE39
BiologyGCSE41
ChemistryGCSE41
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

St Matthew's RC High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
175
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
115
2nd preference
104
3rd preference
88
From another Local Authority
12
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
115
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
3
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 classes22.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
217
121
96
Year 8
252
133
119
Year 9
267
128
139
Year 10
271
145
126
Year 11
282
143
139
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
84.4%
85.6%
Further education
38.0%
35.2%
35.4%
School sixth form
3.0%
15.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
38.0%
33.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
3.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
1.8%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
9.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.8%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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