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St Michael's Catholic School

About the school

St Michael's Catholic School is an open all-through school in Buckinghamshire.

Latest Ofsted inspection

Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.

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Latest inspection
10 February 2026
Published
19 April 2026
Inspection type
S5 Inspection

Published inspection outcomes

Safeguarding

Met

Inclusion

Expected standard

Curriculum and teaching

Expected standard

Achievement

Expected standard

Attendance and behaviour

Strong standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Strong standard

Early years

Strong standard

Post-16 provision

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

Expected standard

Results and school context

GCSE and key stage 4

332 pupils

Attainment 8

School
49.1
Buckinghamshire
53.4
England
46.1

Progress 8

The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.

School
N/A
Buckinghamshire
N/A
England
N/A

English and maths grade 5+

School
46.40%
Buckinghamshire
58.70%
England
45.40%

English and maths grade 4+

School
67.80%
Buckinghamshire
73.80%
England
64.80%

EBacc entry

School
28.00%
Buckinghamshire
43.30%
England
40.50%

EBacc average point score

School
4.24
Buckinghamshire
4.79
England
4.09

A levels and sixth form

63 A-level students

Average A-level grade

School
D

Average A-level points

School
19.69

AAB or better

School
2.60%

Key Stage 2 results

60 pupils

Combined attainment

Reading, writing and maths expected standard

School
68%
Buckinghamshire
65%
England
62%

Reading, writing and maths higher standard

School
13%
Buckinghamshire
11%
England
8%

Subject attainment

Reading expected standard

School
85%
Buckinghamshire
80%
England
75%

Writing expected standard

School
78%
Buckinghamshire
73%
England
72%

Maths expected standard

School
80%
Buckinghamshire
76%
England
74%

Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected

School
85%
Buckinghamshire
76%
England
73%

Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher

School
28%
Buckinghamshire
35%
England
30%

Science expected standard

School
88%
Buckinghamshire
84%
England
82%

Scaled scores

Reading average scaled score

School
109
Buckinghamshire
107
England
106

Maths average scaled score

School
107
Buckinghamshire
106
England
105

Grammar average scaled score

School
107
Buckinghamshire
106
England
105

Pupil context and attendance

DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.

Pupils on roll

2355

Girls

51.63%

Boys

48.37%

SEN support

13.04%

Education, health and care plan

2.93%

English as an additional language

35.50%

Eligible for free school meals in the past six years

17.30%

Overall absence

6.83

Persistent absence

18.39

Pupil destinations

DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.

After Key Stage 4

Cohort

258

Sustained education or employment

99%

Education

96%

Apprenticeship

1%

Employment

2%

Not sustained

Less than 0.5%

After 16–18 study

Cohort

49

Sustained education or employment

96%

Higher education

78%

Further education

0%

Apprenticeship

8%

Employment

10%

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