St John Henry Newman Catholic School

Type Secondary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 11-18
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Scalegate Road
Carlisle
CA2 4NL
Phone 01228404942
Reference Number 112399

General Makeup

Number of pupils 693
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.63%
Girls: 51.37%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 32.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 14%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 63 67 130
8 73 75 148
9 86 66 152
10 58 69 127
11 38 59 97
12 6 7 13
13 13 13 26

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 78.9%
White, Other 10.2%
African 4.8%
Asian, Other 1.9%
White & Asian 0.9%
Mixed, Other 0.9%
White & Black (African) 0.6%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
Irish 0.3%
Unclassified 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Sixth Form Provision Good
Last Inspection Date 2022-07-15
Date Description Report
2022-05-24 School inspection: School inspection:
2019-01-30 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2018-05-09 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2017-01-18 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2015-05-14 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2015-01-27 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2013-11-19 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-05-02 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-11-16 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2009-03-30 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2007-01-17 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2006-09-19 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2006-06-05 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2006-02-08 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2005-11-16 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2005-06-28 Inspection Inspection
2004-11-15 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)
36.9 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 20% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 40% 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 23.37 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 23.33 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade D+ C C+
Average Grade (best 3) D+ C+ C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 0% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 62 1
Third Preference 44 0
From another Local Authority 3 0

Previous Years

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