St Paul's Catholic College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jan 31 2024 Ofsted report
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
Surrey
Unique reference
149290
Address
Manor Lane, TW16 6JE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1366 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
54.7%
Girls
45.3%
First language not English
25.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.8%
Persistent absence
6.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 37.6%
Other White 30%
Mixed 9.8%
Indian 7.3%
African 4.3%
Other Asian 4%
Other 1.6%
Unclassified 1.6%
Irish 1.5%
Pakistani 0.8%
Caribbean 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 57%
Local authority average 44%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 75%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 61.7
Local authority average 50.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.74
Local authority average 4.55
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award17
Art & DesignGCSE18
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE1
BiologyGCSE60
Business Studies:SingleGCSE85
ChemistryGCSE60
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
Design & TechnologyGCSE38
English LanguageGCSE209
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

St Paul's Catholic College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
210
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
280
2nd preference
215
3rd preference
150
From another Local Authority
280
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
190
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
89
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
240
129
111
Year 8
215
113
102
Year 9
216
118
98
Year 10
217
121
96
Year 11
209
121
88
Year 12
139
82
57
Year 13
130
63
67
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
88.6%
85.5%
Further education
26.0%
25.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
66.0%
29.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
2.0%
32.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.0%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.2%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
74.0%
64.8%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
21.0%
24.0%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.6%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
7.0%
2.1%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022