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St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy

About the school

St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy is an open secondary school in Derbyshire.

Latest Ofsted inspection

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

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Latest inspection
26 June 2024
Published
14 July 2024
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Latest outcome
Outstanding

Previous inspection framework

These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.

Overall effectiveness

Outstanding

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Safeguarding

Yes

Early years

Not applicable

Sixth form

Outstanding

Results and school context

GCSE and key stage 4

206 pupils

Attainment 8

School
59.4
Derbyshire
45
England
46.1

Progress 8

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

School
N/A
Derbyshire
N/A
England
N/A

English and maths grade 5+

School
73.30%
Derbyshire
42.90%
England
45.40%

English and maths grade 4+

School
85.40%
Derbyshire
65.10%
England
64.80%

EBacc entry

School
52.40%
Derbyshire
29.80%
England
40.50%

EBacc average point score

School
5.39
Derbyshire
3.92
England
4.09

A levels and sixth form

161 A-level students

Average A-level grade

School
B

Average A-level points

School
39.51

AAB or better

School
24.30%

Pupil context and attendance

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

Pupils on roll

1358

Girls

52.87%

Boys

47.13%

SEN support

13.03%

Education, health and care plan

2.43%

English as an additional language

10.50%

Eligible for free school meals in the past six years

17.39%

Overall absence

5.87

Persistent absence

11.52

Pupil destinations

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

After Key Stage 4

Cohort

207

Sustained education or employment

97%

Education

92%

Apprenticeship

4%

Employment

1%

Not sustained

2%

After 16–18 study

Cohort

170

Sustained education or employment

90%

Higher education

61%

Further education

2%

Apprenticeship

10%

Employment

16%

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