Gunnersbury Catholic School

Type Secondary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 11-18
Religion Roman Catholic
Address The Ride
Boston Manor Road
Brentford
TW8 9LB
Phone 02085687281
Reference Number 102545

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1204
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 95.93%
Girls: 4.07%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 14.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 16%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.2

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 184 Unknown 184
8 163 Unknown 163
9 186 Unknown 186
10 182 Unknown 182
11 184 Unknown 184
12 129 29 158
13 127 20 147

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, Other 25.6%
White, British 24.2%
African 12.7%
Mixed, Other 5.2%
Indian 5.1%
Asian, Other 4.7%
Irish 3.3%
White & Asian 1.9%
White & Black (African) 1.6%
Caribbean 1.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.1%
Unclassified 1.1%
Pakistani 1%
Chinese 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
 >  Quality of education Outstanding
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Outstanding
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Outstanding
  >  Sixth Form Provision Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2023-03-08
Date Description Report
2023-01-17 School inspection: School inspection:
2009-05-06 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2005-12-07 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2000-02-07 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
63.7 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 81.4% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 89.1% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 36.52 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 36.58 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade B- C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) B- B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 19.1% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 125 36
Third Preference 119 23
From another Local Authority 325 83

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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