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Maintained school
St Joseph's Catholic High School, Business and Enterprise College
Secondary
Roman Catholic
Harrington Road, Workington, CA143EE
019 0087 3290


School Profile

GENDER
Mixed
AGE
11 - 16
PUPILS
675

St Joseph's Catholic High School, Business and Enterprise College is a Maintained school (Voluntary aided school) with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school consists of mixed pupils aged between 11 and 16 and has a capacity of 615. The school was last rated as Good by Ofsted on 22 Apr 2016.


PUPIL MIX
354 boys and 321 girls
PUPILS PER TEACHER
15.8
ELIGIBLE FOR FREE SCHOOL MEALS
23.7%
ENGLISH NOT FIRST LANGUAGE
1.5%
PERSISTENT ABSENCE
16.2%
PUPIL DIVERSITY MIX
School census date: 16 Jan 2020

SPECIAL CLASSES
No
SEN SUPPORT
12%
EHC PLAN
1.9%


School Performance


Attainment 8 score

School
45.2
Local Authority
46.1
England
46.7

Progress 8 score

Below Average


Grade 5 or above in English & Maths GCSEs

School
42%
Local Authority
41%
England
43%


English Baccalaureate

  School Local Authority England
Pupils entering EBacc 36% 31% 40%
EBacc average point score 3.77 3.97 4.07




School Inspections


Inspectorate

The Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted)

Inspection reports

Ofsted Website  

Latest inspection rating

Latest inspection date

22 Apr 2016

Latest inspection summary:


Category Assessment
Quality of education No Judgement
Behaviour and attitudes No Judgement
Personal development No Judgement
Leadership and management Good
Safeguarding is effective Yes




School Admissions



Demand for secondary school places
High

Applications and Offers  
Total preferred applications 218
Of which first preference applications 111
Of which second preference applications 75
Of which third preference applications 32
Total offers made 113
Of which first preference offers 111
Of which second preference offers 1
Of which third preference offers 0




School Destinations


The percentage of students staying in education or employment (the year) after completing their GCSEs:

School
89%
Local Authority
96%
England
94%


Breakdown of destinations:

Destination School Local Authority England
Staying in education 72% 81% 87%
Staying in employment 9% 4% 3%
Staying in Apprenticeships 9% 11% 4%
Not staying in education or employment 11% 4% 5%





School Neighbourhood


PUBLIC TRANSPORT
8
GREEN SPACE
7
ENVIRONMENT
6
SAFETY
3
PROPERTY
£82,750 Median house price as at September 2020


DIVERSITY MIX


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