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St Paul's Catholic School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 44 43.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
43.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
37.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
9.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.03 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 44.9[6] 37.6%[6]
2023/24 47[4] 44%[4] +0.03[4]
2022/23 44.9[7] 34%[7] -0.04[7]
2021/22 45.5[8] 39%[8] -0.28[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
8.6% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C-[10] 5.4%[10]
2022/23 C-[11] 5.2%[11]
2021/22 C[12] 7.9%[12]
2018/19 C-[13] 4.6%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
67% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
25% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2021/22[15]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[15] 71%[15] 0%[15] 20%[15] 1%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 96%[16] 82%[16] 0%[16] 10%[16] 1%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 77%[17] 17%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 82%[18] 13%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[19]
Education
69% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
6% 2022/23[19]
Employment
13% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[20] 76%[20] 4%[20] 13%[20]
2020/21 87%[21] 70%[21] 5%[21] 12%[21]
2019/20 95%[22] 81%[22] 1%[22] 14%[22]
2018/19 93%[23] 76%[23] 2%[23] 15%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
83% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
16% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
14% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 80%[26] 15%[26]
2019/20 85%[25] 19%[25] 14%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 78%[27] 12%[27] 12%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 78%[28] 13%[28] 8%[28] 1%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
13 May 2025[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
17 Jun 2025[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
12 Nov 2019[30] Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
Date not published[31] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.2 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
568 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
274 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
258 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.1 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 580[32] 301[32] 256[32] 2.3[32] 1.2[32]
Entry Sept 2024 595[32] 274[32] 305[32] 2.0[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2023 522[32] 246[32] 255[32] 2.0[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2022 581[32] 270[32] 253[32] 2.3[32] 1.1[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1891[1]
Local authority
Milton Keynes[1]
Website
http://www.st-pauls.org.uk/[1]
District
Milton Keynes[33]
Postcode
MK6 5EN[1]
URN
110517[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1886 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
61.2% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
13.1% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
5.1% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
29% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
44.3%[35]
Mixed
6.9%[35]
Asian
11.2%[35]
Black
34.8%[35]
Any other ethnic group
1%[35]
Unclassified
1.8%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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