St Mark's Church of England Academy

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-18
Religion Church of England
Address Acacia Road
Mitcham
Surrey
CR4 1SF
Phone 02086486627
Reference Number 134003

General Makeup

Number of pupils 880
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.95%
Girls: 47.05%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 45.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 43.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.9

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 89 90 179
8 95 76 171
9 82 67 149
10 80 59 139
11 83 58 141
12 24 42 66
13 13 22 35

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, Other 18.2%
White, British 15.7%
Caribbean 9.4%
Asian, Other 8.3%
African 6.8%
White & Black (African) 6.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 5.2%
Mixed, Other 4.8%
Pakistani 3.5%
Indian 2.7%
Unclassified 1.7%
White & Asian 1.3%
Chinese 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
 >  Quality of education Outstanding
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Outstanding
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Outstanding
  >  Sixth Form Provision Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2024-06-26
Date Description Report
2024-05-14 School inspection: School inspection:
2023-03-08 School inspection School inspection
2017-11-07 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-10-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-03-07 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2010-09-28 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-03-30 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2009-06-24 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-09-23 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2007-10-31 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit

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)
48.2 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 47.9% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 65.7% 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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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 37.02 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 39.82 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade B- B- C+
Average Grade (best 3) B B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 26.3% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 77 27
Third Preference 53 13
From another Local Authority 67 20

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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