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St Katherine's School

Secondary · Bristol · BS20 0HU

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Expected standard

Inspected 31 March 2026 · report published 7 June 2026

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At a glance

976 pupils · 98% of 1,001 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
24.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
11.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
4.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.stkaths.org.uk
URN
142853

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 165 families named it first for 185 Year 7 places, 0.89 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 5.073 miles; distance decided places in 8 of the 8 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2018 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 31 March 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.89 first-choice applications per place

185 places offered · 165 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 5.073 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 5.073 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

170 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
50
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
69.4%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
47.1%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.3
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C
30.6
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school50
Median of its 12 closest peers46.3
North Somerset average47
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Stratton SchoolBiggleswade · 112 miles awayGood38.9
Henry Beaufort SchoolWinchester · 64 miles awayGood50.5
Ealing Fields Church of England High SchoolLondon · 102 miles awayGood (2019)66.1
Cobham Free SchoolCobham · 99 miles awayGood53.1
Maghull High SchoolLiverpool · 141 miles awayNeeds attention39.6
St Bede's Catholic High School, LythamLytham St Annes · 157 miles awayGood48.3
Holy Family Catholic High SchoolLiverpool · 141 miles awayGood (2019)44.8
The Parker E-ACT AcademyDaventry · 85 miles awaySerious weaknesses38.9
Altwood Church of England SchoolMaidenhead · 83 miles awayGood40
St Gregory's Catholic SchoolTunbridge Wells · 129 miles awayGood43.8
The Toynbee SchoolEastleigh · 66 miles awayGood (2015)47.8
Joseph Rowntree SchoolYork · 187 miles awayGood48.2

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 78% (North Somerset 83%, England 59%) · Any other White background 6% (North Somerset 7%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (North Somerset 1%, England 3%) · Black African 2% (North Somerset 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (North Somerset 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (North Somerset 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (North Somerset 1%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (North Somerset 0%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (North Somerset 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (North Somerset 0%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (North Somerset 0%, England 5%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
8.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
23.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

17.33 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · North Somerset: 25.50 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% moved to another state school · 9% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

80.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.1 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,434; 16.4% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,485
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (6%) · supplies and services 16% (11%) · educational supplies 15% (6%) · bought-in professional services 0% (1%) · catering 1% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £502,000; in-year balance +£1,069,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
92%
Continuing in education
85%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
5%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
54%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
33%
Any sustained destination
94%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher58.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work57.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways6.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health60.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84.1%62.3%
Social housing1.5%17.1%
Privately rented14.4%20.5%
Detached houses54.7%22.9%
Flats25.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms49.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014766 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£335,00085 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£275,000–£442,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (27)£490,000
Semi-detached (26)£340,000
Terraced (21)£300,000
Flat (11)£215,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
2a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
2a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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