St Mary's Catholic School

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-18
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Windhill
Bishop's Stortford
Hertfordshire
CM23 2NQ
Phone 01279654901
Reference Number 148499

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1153
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.74%
Girls: 49.26%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 6.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 25.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.6

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 97 89 186
8 95 91 186
9 100 108 208
10 92 93 185
11 96 90 186
12 43 53 96
13 62 44 106

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 48%
African 16.6%
White, Other 14.7%
Mixed, Other 3.2%
Irish 3.1%
Asian, Other 2.8%
White & Asian 1.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.7%
White & Black (African) 1.7%
Caribbean 1.4%
Indian 1.1%
Unclassified 0.7%
Chinese 0.6%

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 Inspection Date 2024-12-11
Date Description Report
2024-10-08 School inspection School inspection
2021-09-09 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
2012-10-10 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2011-11-02 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2011-01-07 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2007-10-17 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2007-05-03 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2004-11-15 Full inspection Full inspection
2012-10-10 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2011-11-02 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2011-01-07 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2007-10-17 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2007-05-03 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2004-11-15 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)
54.6 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 59.1% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 75.3% 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 34.48 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 35.63 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C+ B- C+
Average Grade (best 3) B- B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 14.9% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 112 27
Third Preference 111 8
From another Local Authority 177 82

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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1.44 miles
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