Saint Paul's Catholic High School

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-16
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Firbank Road
Newall Green
MANCHESTER
M23 2YS
Phone 01614990000
Reference Number 139456

General Makeup

Number of pupils 927
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.3%
Girls: 50.7%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 55.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 20.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 101 102 203
8 96 107 203
9 97 86 183
10 76 89 165
11 87 86 173

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 66.5%
White, Other 9.8%
African 8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 4.1%
Indian 2.5%
White & Black (African) 2.4%
White & Asian 1.4%
Mixed, Other 1.4%
Unclassified 0.6%
Asian, Other 0.6%
Irish 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%
Caribbean 0.3%
Chinese 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
Last Inspection Date 2022-09-21
Date Description Report
2022-06-14 School inspection: School inspection:
2021-03-30 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2020-01-29 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2018-12-04 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2017-06-23 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2016-05-24 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2015-09-23 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2015-04-23 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2015-01-20 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2013-04-04 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
Previously as St Paul's Catholic High School
2011-09-20 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2010-03-24 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2007-01-24 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2005-11-23 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2003-12-01 Full inspection Full inspection
2011-09-20 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2010-03-24 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2007-01-24 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2005-11-23 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2003-12-01 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)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 17.3% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 31.8% 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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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 147 3
Third Preference 55 2
From another Local Authority 5 1

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

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