English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College

URN 140867·Secondary·Academy converter·Bishop Hogarth Catholic Education Trust·Compare

Flags

2

1 high

Overall absence at 10.2%Requires improvement — Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Leadership & management
Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Jan 2025Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Per-pupil income

£7,507.5

2023/24

Staff costs % of income

75.8%

DfE considers above 78% a concern

Reserves

11.5%

of income

In-year balance

+0.7%

of income

Key indicators

Overall absence at 10.2%

National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 10.2%.

Requires improvement — Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Leadership & management

Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Leadership & management.

Latest Ofsted inspection

7 January 2025 · Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 3

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour & attitudes

Requires improvement

Personal development

Good

Leadership & management

Requires improvement
SafeguardingEffective

Overall grade no longer given from Sep 2024

Performance snapshot

Progress 8Measures how much progress pupils make between KS2 and KS4, compared to pupils with similar starting points. 0 is average; positive means above average.
Attainment 8Average score across 8 GCSE-equivalent subjects. Higher is better. National average is around 46.41.2
Basics 9–4 (Eng & Maths)Percentage of pupils achieving grade 4 or above in both English and maths GCSEs.51.5%
Basics 9–5 (Eng & Maths)33.8%
EBacc entryPercentage of pupils entered for the English Baccalaureate: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.35.0%

2024/25 · KS4

School demographics

Pupils on roll

1,472

Capacity

1,647 (89%)

Free school meals

34.2%

English additional lang.

6.8%

Ethnicity

White British 87.0%Asian 4.6%Black 1.8%Mixed 2.0%Chinese 0.5%Other 0.7%

Age range: 1118

Workforce

FTE teachersFull-time equivalent: a measure of workforce size where part-time staff are counted proportionally.

92.4

Pupil:teacher ratioNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.

15.9

Mean salary

£53,187

Turnover

Vacancy rate

0.0%

Sickness (days)

Attendance

Overall absence

10.2%

National avg: 6.2%

Persistent absencePupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.

30.4%

10%+ sessions missed

Authorised absence

6.6%

Unauthorised absence

3.6%

2024/25 · 1,360 pupils