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St Mark's CofE School

Secondary · Bath · BA1 6ND

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Strong 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: Strong standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 17 March 2026 · report published 7 June 2026

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At a glance

259 pupils · 50% of 513 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
31.5% of pupils
English as additional language
18.2% of pupils
SEN support
22.5% of pupils
EHC plan
22.5% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.st-marks.org.uk
URN
147801

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.46 first-choice applications per place

68 places offered · 31 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
44.9
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
63.5%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
44.2%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4
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-) NE

no pupils entered

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
10.6%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
24.5%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
12.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 12% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£11,660
Typical secondary school£7,799

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
89%
Continuing in education
81%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
4%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education

suppressed (small cohort)

Apprenticeship

suppressed (small cohort)

Employment

suppressed (small cohort)

Any sustained destination

suppressed (small cohort)

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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