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
- Website
- http://www.stmarys.net
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%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Additional Mathematics FSMQ | Other General Qualification (Level 3) | 4 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 39 |
Biology | GCSE | 31 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 57 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 31 |
Chinese | GCSE | 2 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 25 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 39 |
English Language | GCSE | 185 |
English Literature | GCSE | 185 |
Admissions
St Mary's Catholic School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 184
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 152
- 2nd preference
- 112
- 3rd preference
- 111
- From another Local Authority
- 177
Offers
- 1st preference
- 145
- 2nd preference
- 27
- 3rd preference
- 8
- To another Local Authority
- 82
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 23.6 |
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 |
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% |
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% |