St Mary's Catholic School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
No rating
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
Hertfordshire
Unique reference
148499
Address
Windhill, CM23 2NQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1153 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
50.7%
Girls
49.3%
First language not English
25%
Free school meals (FSM)
6.5%
Persistent absence
22.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 48%
African 16.6%
Other White 14.7%
Mixed 8.5%
Irish 3.1%
Other Asian 2.8%
Caribbean 1.4%
Other Black 1.4%
Indian 1.1%
Other 1%
Unclassified 0.7%
Chinese 0.6%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.38
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 72%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 64%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.3
Local authority average 51
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.02
Local authority average 4.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)4
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE39
BiologyGCSE31
Business Studies:SingleGCSE57
ChemistryGCSE31
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
Design & TechnologyGCSE39
English LanguageGCSE185
English LiteratureGCSE185
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

St Mary's Catholic School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
184
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
152
2nd preference
112
3rd preference
111
From another Local Authority
177
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
145
2nd preference
27
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
82
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 classes23.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
186
97
89
Year 8
186
95
91
Year 9
208
100
108
Year 10
185
92
93
Year 11
186
96
90
Year 12
96
43
53
Year 13
106
62
44
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
91.2%
85.6%
Further education
22.0%
29.1%
35.4%
School sixth form
73.0%
59.9%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
1.8%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
3.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.1%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
94.0%
69.7%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
43.0%
29.4%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.4%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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