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St Paul's Catholic College

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Workforce pressure indicators
Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Oct 2017Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Per-pupil income

£6,816.95

2023/24

Staff costs % of income

74.8%

DfE considers above 78% a concern

Reserves

27.0%

of income

In-year balance

+1.5%

of income

Key indicators

Workforce pressure indicators

Elevated: turnover 16.9%.

Latest Ofsted inspection

Outstanding

31 October 2017 · Maintained Academy and School Short inspection

Leadership & management

Outstanding
SafeguardingEffective

Performance snapshot

Progress 8ⓘMeasures how much progress pupils make between KS2 and KS4, compared to pupils with similar starting points. 0 is average; positive means above average.—
Attainment 8ⓘAverage score across 8 GCSE-equivalent subjects. Higher is better. National average is around 46.61.8
Basics 9–4 (Eng & Maths)ⓘPercentage of pupils achieving grade 4 or above in both English and maths GCSEs.88.5%
Basics 9–5 (Eng & Maths)75.1%
EBacc entryⓘPercentage of pupils entered for the English Baccalaureate: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.57.4%

2024/25 · KS4

School demographics

Pupils on roll

1,366

Capacity

1,067 (128%)

Free school meals

12.1%

English additional lang.

25.5%

Ethnicity

White British 37.6%Asian 12.3%Black 4.9%Mixed 9.8%Chinese 0.4%Other 1.6%

Age range: 11–18

Workforce

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

79.8

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

17.1

Mean salary

£49,931

Turnover

—

Vacancy rate

0.0%

Sickness (days)

—

Attendance

Overall absence

4.2%

National avg: 6.2%

Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.

7.0%

10%+ sessions missed

Authorised absence

3.4%

Unauthorised absence

0.8%

2024/25 · 1,107 pupils

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