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St Paul's Catholic College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 58 57.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
57.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
68.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
17% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.53 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 55.5[6] 63.5%[6]
2023/24 56.8[4] 66.3%[4] +0.53[4]
2022/23 56.1[7] 57%[7] +0.66[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
17.1% 2024/25[3]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[8] 19.2%[8]
2022/23 B[9] 17.5%[9]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
98% 2022/23[10]
School sixth form
57% 2022/23[10]
Sixth-form college
14% 2022/23[10]
Further education college
23% 2022/23[10]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[10]
Employment
1% 2022/23[10]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 97%[11] 53%[11] 21%[11] 20%[11] 1%[11] 1%[11]
2020/21 98%[12] 51%[12] 34%[12] 7%[12] 2%[12] 3%[12]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[13]
Education
58% 2022/23[13]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[13]
Employment
31% 2022/23[13]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[14] 51%[14] 3%[14] 39%[14]
2020/21 92%[15] 46%[15] 6%[15] 39%[15]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
73% 2021/22[16]
Top third of most selective universities
25% 2021/22[16]
Russell Group universities
21% 2019/20[17]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[17]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 69%[18] 25%[18]
2019/20 74%[17] 24%[17] 21%[17] 1%[17]

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
28 Feb 2023[19]
Type
S5 Inspection[19]
Report published
26 Apr 2023[19]
Personal development
Outstanding[19]
Quality of education
Outstanding[19]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[19]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[19]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[19]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[19]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[19]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.8 Entry Sept 2026[20]
Applications (any preference)
657 Entry Sept 2026[20]
First preferences
268 Entry Sept 2026[20]
Places offered
173 Entry Sept 2026[20]
First preferences per place
1.5 Entry Sept 2026[20]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 590[20] 249[20] 178[20] 3.3[20] 1.4[20]
Entry Sept 2024 619[20] 241[20] 178[20] 3.5[20] 1.4[20]
Entry Sept 2023 575[20] 221[20] 177[20] 3.2[20] 1.2[20]
Entry Sept 2022 647[20] 203[20] 183[20] 3.5[20] 1.1[20]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[21]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1050[1]
Trust
BOSCO CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority
West Sussex[1]
Website
http://www.stpaulscatholiccollege.co.uk[1]
District
Mid Sussex[22]
Postcode
RH15 8GA[1]
URN
148753[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1190 2024/25[23]
English as an additional language
11.2% 2024/25[23]
SEN support
16.6% 2024/25[23]
EHC plan
2.9% 2024/25[23]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
9.3% 2024/25[23]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
68.7%[24]
Mixed
11.5%[24]
Asian
14.3%[24]
Black
3.5%[24]
Any other ethnic group
1.2%[24]
Unclassified
0.8%[24]

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

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  17. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  19. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  20. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  21. stpaulscatholiccollege.co.uk: stpaulscatholiccollege.co.uk — SPCC Admissions policy 2027-2028 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    All applications which are submitted on time will be considered at the same time and after the closing date for admissions which is 31st October 2026. (p. 4)
  22. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  23. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  24. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.