St Michael's Catholic School[1]

Secondary · All-through · ages 3–19

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 49 48.7 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL D D 2024/25[3]
KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard: KS2 68% 68% 2024/25[4]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 48.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 46.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 9.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.33 2023/24[5]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[6]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[6]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Grade 7+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	49.1[7]	46.4%[7]
2023/24	48.3[5]	49.3%[5]		+0.33[5]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: D 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 2.6% 2024/25[3]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	D[8]	0%[8]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 68% 2024/25[4]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 13% 2024/25[4]
Reading, average scaled score: 109 2024/25[4]
Maths, average scaled score: 107 2024/25[4]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	78%[9]	15%[9]	109[9]	108[9]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 99% 2022/23[10]
School sixth form: 57% 2022/23[10]
Sixth-form college: 9% 2022/23[10]
Further education college: 29% 2022/23[10]
Apprenticeship: 1% 2022/23[10]
Employment: 2% 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	94%[11]	45%[11]	12%[11]	31%[11]	3%[11]	2%[11]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 96% 2022/23[12]
UK higher education: 78% 2022/23[12]
Education: 78% 2022/23[12]
Apprenticeship: 8% 2022/23[12]
Employment: 10% 2022/23[12]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	88%[13]	65%[13]	65%[13]	6%[13]	17%[13]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 81% 2021/22[14]
Top third of most selective universities: 12% 2021/22[14]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities
2020/21	74%[15]	7%[15]

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: 10 Feb 2026[16]
Type: S5 Inspection[16]
Report published: 19 Apr 2026[16]
Inclusion: Expected standard[16]
Achievement: Expected standard[16]
Safeguarding standards: Met[16]
Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard[16]
Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard[16]
Leadership and governance: Expected standard[16]
Early years (where applicable): Strong standard[16]
Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard[16]
Post-16 provision (where applicable): Expected standard[16]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 4.0 Entry Sept 2026[17]
Applications (any preference): 463 Entry Sept 2026[17]
First preferences: 106 Entry Sept 2026[17]
Places offered: 115 Entry Sept 2026[17]
First preferences per place: 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[17]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	834[17]	233[17]	269[17]	3.1[17]	0.9[17]
Entry Sept 2024	824[17]	240[17]	288[17]	2.9[17]	0.8[17]

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place: 2.3 Entry Sept 2026[17]
Applications (any preference): 105 Entry Sept 2026[17]
First preferences: 41 Entry Sept 2026[17]
Places offered: 46 Entry Sept 2026[17]
First preferences per place: 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[17]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	115[17]	54[17]	59[17]	1.9[17]	0.9[17]
Entry Sept 2024	119[17]	45[17]	51[17]	2.3[17]	0.9[17]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 3–19[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 2220[1]
Trust: ST THOMAS CATHOLIC ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority: Buckinghamshire[1]
Website: www.stmichaels.bucks.sch.uk [1]
District: Buckinghamshire [18]
Postcode: HP11 1PW[1]
URN: 149612[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 2355 2024/25[19]
English as an additional language: 35.5% 2024/25[19]
SEN support: 13% 2024/25[19]
EHC plan: 2.9% 2024/25[19]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 17.3% 2024/25[19]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 40.6%[20]
Mixed: 11.2%[20]
Asian: 33%[20]
Black: 11.6%[20]
Any other ethnic group: 1.7%[20]
Unclassified: 1.9%[20]

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

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.
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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
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