St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford
Patching Hall Lane, Chelmsford, CM1 4BS
Local ranking19th of 82 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1220
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 49.9
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 50.8%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 76.2%
- Entering EBacc
- 10.1%
- EBacc APS
- 4.1
- Cohort Size
- 189
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Continued in education
- 91.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Higher education
- 58.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 19.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
32.7
Avg Points/Entry
33.7
Best 3 A-Levels
102
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 11.4%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 34.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 255
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1210
- Boys
- 609 (50%)
- Girls
- 601 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1220 (99% full)
- SEND
- 12.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.1%
- EAL
- 10.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 9.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 64.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,992/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.1%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.6%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 52.2%
- White Other: 9.2%
- Other: 9.2%
- Asian Indian: 8.4%
- Mixed Other: 4.1%
- Black Other: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.0%
52.2%
White British
9.2%
White Other
9.2%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 115238
- UKPRN
- 10006194
- Establishment No.
- 4701