St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-16
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Bury Old Road
Prestwich
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M25 1JH
Phone 01617736436
Reference Number 148050

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1066
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.19%
Girls: 46.81%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 21.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 20.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 108 83 191
8 110 108 218
9 110 98 208
10 118 109 227
11 121 101 222

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 59.4%
White, Other 12.4%
African 8.1%
Mixed, Other 3.1%
White & Asian 2.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2%
Asian, Other 1.4%
Chinese 1.2%
Irish 1.2%
Pakistani 1.2%
White & Black (African) 0.7%
Indian 0.3%
Caribbean 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating As of September 2024, Ofsted no longer give a one word rating for schools. See our blog post for more details.
Last Report Date 2025-03-07
Date Report
2025-01-21 School inspectionSchool inspection, PDF - 07 March 2025
2024-07-02 Monitoring visitMonitoring visit, PDF - 10 September 2024
2023-02-14 School inspection:Requires ImprovementSchool inspection, PDF - 30 March 2023

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 55.4% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 75.7% Unlock Unlock

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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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 74 7
Third Preference 36 2
From another Local Authority 95 52

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