St Michael's Catholic School

General Info

Education Phase
All-through
Ofsted rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Unique reference
149612
Address
Daws Hill Lane, HP11 1PW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
2201 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
48.3%
Girls
51.7%
First language not English
37.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.4%
Persistent absence
n/a
Special education needs (SEN)
12.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 27.3%
Other White 17.5%
Pakistani 15.6%
Mixed 10.7%
African 7.7%
Indian 7%
Other Asian 5.9%
Caribbean 2.7%
Unclassified 1.5%
Other 1.4%
Other Black 1%
Irish 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE30
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE28
BiologyGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE54
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE37
English LanguageGCSE292
English LiteratureGCSE287
FrenchGCSE93
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

St Michael's Catholic School

Admission Policy
n/a
Total available places
51
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
45
2nd preference
33
3rd preference
18
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
45
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes25.2
Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher28.7
Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher30
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Nursery Year 1, Part-time
2
1
1
Nursery Year 1, Full-time
5
3
2
Nursery Year 2, Part-time
5
4
1
Nursery Year 2, Full-time
14
7
7
Reception, Full-time
56
35
21
Year 1
56
26
30
Year 2
60
27
33
Year 3
59
27
32
Year 4
61
31
30
Year 5
60
28
32
Year 6
60
28
32
Year 7
332
161
171
Year 8
332
168
164
Year 9
363
167
196
Year 10
328
166
162
Year 11
294
123
171
Year 12
72
36
36
Year 13
42
25
17
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
90.2%
85.6%
Further education
31.0%
22.9%
35.4%
School sixth form
45.0%
62.7%
36.6%
Sixth form college
12.0%
4.0%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
3.2%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.7%
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
74.0%
77.1%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
7.0%
43.2%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.5%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
2.3%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021