St Matthew's RC High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- School rating
- Good Oct 15 2024 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
- Website
- www.smrchs.com
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1324 (89% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 51.1%
- Girls
- 48.9%
- First language not English
- 27%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 56.8%
- Persistent absence
- 15.2%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 14.7%
White British 36.7%
African 26.1%
Other Black 8.2%
Mixed 6.8%
Unclassified 4.8%
Pakistani 4.1%
Other White 3.9%
Other 3.9%
Other Asian 1.7%
Indian 1.1%
Irish 0.8%
Caribbean 0.8%
Irish Traveller 0.6%
Chinese 0.6%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Entering EBacc
School 18%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 26%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 37.6
Local authority average 44.7
England average 45.9
EBacc average point score
School 3.04
Local authority average 4
England average 4.08
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Animal Care (Non-Agricultural) | Technical Award | 1 |
| Art & Design | Technical Award | 27 |
| Small Business Management | Technical Award | 39 |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | Technical Award | 68 |
| Health Studies | Technical Award | 45 |
| Multimedia | Technical Award | 14 |
| Music performance: Group | Technical Award | 8 |
| Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
| Art & Design | GCSE | 41 |
| Biology | GCSE | 42 |
Admissions
St Matthew's RC High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 236
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 157
- 2nd preference
- 102
- 3rd preference
- 63
- From another Local Authority
- 13
Offers
- 1st preference
- 157
- 2nd preference
- 21
- 3rd preference
- 3
- To another Local Authority
- 9
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 21.9 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 251 121 130 |
| Year 8 | 244 130 114 |
| Year 9 | 271 142 129 |
| Year 10 | 272 129 143 |
| Year 11 | 286 154 132 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 80.0% 86.3% 85.5% |
Further education | 34.0% 39.1% 36.9% |
School sixth form | 3.0% 15.3% 35.2% |
Sixth form college | 42.0% 31.3% 12.9% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.6% 0.5% |
| Entering employment | 2.0% 1.7% 2.6% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 2.0% 1.3% 3.3% |
| Not in education or employment | 11.0% 7.0% 5.7% |
| Destination unknown | 6.0% 3.7% 3.0% |