The Palmer Catholic Academy
Aldborough Road South, Seven Kings, Ilford, IG3 8EU
Local ranking12th of 19 secondary schools in Redbridge
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1174
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 48.8
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 47.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 74.0%
- Entering EBacc
- 40.1%
- EBacc APS
- 4.4
- Cohort Size
- 192
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 94.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Higher education
- 64.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 16.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
30.9
Avg Points/Entry
30.4
Best 3 A-Levels
106
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 9.4%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 206
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1155
- Boys
- 660 (57%)
- Girls
- 495 (43%)
- Capacity
- 1174 (98% full)
- SEND
- 9.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.2%
- EAL
- 37.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.7%
- SEN Support
- 7.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 68.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,203/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.3%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.1%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Asian Indian: 18.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 15.1%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 13.3%
- White Other: 10.1%
- Other: 10.1%
- Asian Other: 9.6%
- White British: 4.5%
- Black Other: 3.7%
18.9%
Asian Indian
15.1%
Asian Pakistani
13.3%
Asian Bangladeshi
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137088
- UKPRN
- 10034821
- Establishment No.
- 4800
- Trust
- THE GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC TRUST