St Philip Howard Catholic School

URN 144243·Secondary·Academy converter·Bosco Catholic Education Trust·Compare

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In-year deficit of 1.1%
Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Apr 2016Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Per-pupil income

£6,761.03

2023/24

Staff costs % of income

75.7%

DfE considers above 78% a concern

Reserves

0.9%

of income

In-year balance

-1.1%

of income

Key indicators

In-year deficit of 1.1%

School spent more than it earned this year. Deficit is 1.1% of income.

Latest Ofsted inspection

Outstanding

19 April 2016 · Maintained Academy and School Short inspection

Leadership & management

Outstanding
SafeguardingEffective

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 46.52.5
Basics 9–4 (Eng & Maths)Percentage of pupils achieving grade 4 or above in both English and maths GCSEs.73.6%
Basics 9–5 (Eng & Maths)47.6%
EBacc entryPercentage of pupils entered for the English Baccalaureate: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.61.3%

2024/25 · KS4

School demographics

Pupils on roll

1,301

Capacity

1,033 (126%)

Free school meals

11.8%

English additional lang.

18.1%

Ethnicity

White British 65.3%Asian 7.4%Black 2.7%Mixed 6.4%Chinese 1.2%Other 0.5%

Age range: 1118

Workforce

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

75.7

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

17.2

Mean salary

£48,224

Turnover

Vacancy rate

0.0%

Sickness (days)

Attendance

Overall absence

6.9%

National avg: 6.2%

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

16.6%

10%+ sessions missed

Authorised absence

5.5%

Unauthorised absence

1.4%

2024/25 · 1,023 pupils