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Secondary16-18The Catholic High School, Chester A Specialist Science College

last update : (8 May 2013)


School details last update : (27 Feb 2013)


Old Wrexham Road
Chester
CH4 7HS
01244 981600
Mr John Murray
11
18
Mixed
Voluntary Aided School
Comprehensive
Roman Catholic
111449
No
Yes
Confirmation that school has checked its data (Secondary) Yes
Confirmation that examination information checked (Post-16) No


1030
51.2%
48.8%
5.6%
4.2%
10.8%
17.3%

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2012 KS4 Performance Tables last update : (19 Mar 2013)

Cohort information


Number of pupils at the end of KS4 158
28.7


 Number in cohortPercentage of cohort
14 11%
59 46%
56 43%
5 3%
10 6%

Year on year comparisons


Chart Line Percentage achieving 5+ A*-C GCSEs (or equivalent) including English and maths GCSEs2009201020112012
School 42% 52% 60% 54%
LA 50.6% 56.4% 59.5% 59.8%
England - All Schools 49.8% 53.5% 59% 59.4%

KS4 exam results


 All pupilsLow attainersMiddle attainersHigh attainers
Percentage achieving 5 A*-C GCSEs (or equivalents) including English and maths GCSEs 54% 7% 34% 91%
Percentage achieving A*-C in English and maths GCSEs 56% 7% 37% 91%
23% 7% 10% 46%
Percentage of pupils achieving 5+ A*-C grade GCSEs (or equivalent) 68%   
Percentage of pupils achieving 5+ A*-G grade GCSEs (or equivalent) 99%   
99%   
76 3 23 35
48% 21% 39% 63%

KS4 pupil progress


 All pupilsLow attainersMiddle attainersHigh attainers
74% 50% 68% 86%
52% 7% 37% 77%
977.2 958.5 961.7 994.5
966.3 922.2 944.0 976.4
988.2 994.7 979.3 1012.6
82%   

KS4 Average Point Scores


 All pupilsLow attainersMiddle attainersHigh attainers
333.3 240.5 307.2 395.7
317.2 193.4 290.1 391.1
Average grade per qualification  E D+ B+
Average grade per GCSE  E- D+ B+

KS4 Exam entries


 All pupilsLow attainersMiddle attainersHigh attainers
10.1 8.9 10.0 10.4
9.0 7.0 8.9 9.7

Narrowing the Gap


 Disadvantaged pupilsOther pupils
Number of Pupils 24 134
Percentage of Pupils 15% 85%
Percentage achieving grades A*-C in English and maths GCSEs 13% 63%
Percentage achieving 5+ A*-C GCSEs (or equivalent) including English and maths GCSEs 13% 62%
48% 79%
11% 59%
932.5 983.0
901.4 970.1
963.6 995.9
9.0 10.3
256.9 346.9

For the purposes of the table Disadvantaged pupils are considered as those eligible for free school meals and children
looked after (ie, In the care of the Local Authority for at least 6 months)


2012 KS5 Performance Tables last update : (13 Mar 2013)


Cohort Information


232
96
95
95

A level Results


86%
97%
711.9
214.0
5%
5%
16%
16%

A level and other academic qualification results


86%
97%
711.9
214.0

A level and equivalent results


86%
97%
709.2
213.8

Year on year comparisons (including equivalences)


 2009201020112012
675.6 642.1 707.8 709.2
218.3 205.6 216.3 213.8

Pupil Absence last update : (13 Mar 2013)


 SchoolEngland - national (secondary state-funded)
5.8% 5.7%
8.1% 6.8%

last update : (24 Jan 2013)


Contextual information


1030.0
10.8%
LOW

Spend per pupil data as £ per pupil (in brackets percentage of total income or expenditure)


 SchoolLA MedianNon-London LAs MedianNational Median
5030 (97%) 4557 5070 5433
135 (3%) 111 148 153
5165 4672 5267 5620
3054 (60%) 2851 2967 3091
78 (2%) 54 78 87
577 (11%) 427 497 556
293 (6%) 191 208 224
45 (1%) 52 66 69
36 (1%) 0 50 58
316 (6%) 403 444 488
48 (1%) 23 40 57
350 (7%) 293 318 340
101 (2%) 64 72 81
87 (2%) 74 81 86
143 (3%) 161 220 231
5128 4548 5148 5502

Spend per pupil data as £ per pupil : Comparisons over time


 2009-102010-112011-12
Chart Line  3434 3559 3631
Chart Line  83 106 78
Chart Line  409 406 316
Chart Line  80 87 87

School Workforce last update : (3 Dec 2012)


 SchoolEngland - national (secondary state-funded)
76 221959
19 65809
23 85744
70.3 206240.3
17.6 50866.6
20.5 70087.5
14.7 15.6
NA 38903

Ofsted Inspection last update : (8 May 2013)


21 September 2011
2
Link to Ofsted inspection report