St Benedict's Catholic High School

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-18
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Kinwarton Road
Alcester
Warwickshire
B49 6PX
Phone 01789762888
Reference Number 143634

General Makeup

Number of pupils 566
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.12%
Girls: 50.88%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 22.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 16.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 47 52 99
8 51 59 110
9 30 25 55
10 66 46 112
11 54 55 109
12 11 29 40
13 19 22 41

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 72.6%
White, Other 13.8%
Indian 2.8%
Unclassified 2.5%
White & Asian 1.8%
Mixed, Other 1.6%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.2%
Irish 0.5%
White & Black (African) 0.4%
African 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%
Asian, Other 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Sixth Form Provision Good
Last Inspection Date 2024-04-29
Date Description Report
2024-03-12 School inspection: School inspection:
2020-03-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2017-04-06 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
Previously as St Benedict's Catholic High School
2012-11-22 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-06-30 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2007-06-06 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2003-03-17 Full inspection Full inspection
2012-11-22 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-06-30 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2007-06-06 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2003-03-17 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)
49.3 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 48.6% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 70.6% 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 25.41 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 26.19 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C- B- C+
Average Grade (best 3) C- B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 9.5% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 83 24
Third Preference 32 10
From another Local Authority 36 22

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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