Saint John Bosco College

Type Secondary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 11-18
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Parkham Street
Battersea
London
SW11 3DQ
Phone 02079248310
Reference Number 135762

General Makeup

Number of pupils 844
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 56.04%
Girls: 43.96%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 47.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 47.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 19.2

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 68 51 119
8 70 54 124
9 80 68 148
10 73 68 141
11 71 67 138
12 69 30 99
13 42 33 75

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 18.8%
White, Other 17.5%
White, British 11.6%
Caribbean 10.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 4.9%
Asian, Other 4.7%
Mixed, Other 4.3%
Pakistani 2.8%
Unclassified 2%
White & Black (African) 2%
Irish 0.8%
White & Asian 0.7%
Chinese 0.5%
Indian 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2022-11-15
Date Description Report
2022-10-06 School inspection School inspection
2017-05-09 Short inspection Short inspection
2013-02-27 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)
44 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 30.1% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 49.3% 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 28.2 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 28.33 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C- C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) C- C+ C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 11.4% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 71 26
Third Preference 45 9
From another Local Authority 75 32

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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