St Benedict'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
Suffolk
Unique reference
149285
Address
Beetons Way, IP32 6RH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
976 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
46.0%
Girls
54.0%
First language not English
22.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.9%
Persistent absence
22.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 55.6%
Other White 20.8%
Mixed 8%
Indian 3.5%
Other Asian 2.7%
Other 2.4%
Unclassified 2.3%
African 1.6%
Other Black 1.3%
Irish 1.2%
Chinese 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
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
0.5
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 60%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 55%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.2
Local authority average 43.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.96
Local authority average 3.74
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE30
BiologyGCSE60
Business Studies:SingleGCSE46
ChemistryGCSE60
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
Design & TechnologyGCSE27
English LanguageGCSE146
English LiteratureGCSE146
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE13
FrenchGCSE39
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Benedict's Catholic School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
169
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
198
2nd preference
142
3rd preference
64
From another Local Authority
44
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
159
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
17
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 classes23.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
166
75
91
Year 8
170
78
92
Year 9
163
76
87
Year 10
163
77
86
Year 11
162
73
89
Year 12
86
40
46
Year 13
66
30
36
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
32.0%
38.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
54.0%
41.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
7.0%
4.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
5.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
83.0%
54.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
34.0%
12.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
29.0%
9.9%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
6.0%
0.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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