Blessed William Howard Catholic School
Rowley Avenue, Stafford, ST17 9AB
Local ranking5th of 72 secondary schools in Staffordshire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1065
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 52.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 52.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 75.0%
- Entering EBacc
- 73.8%
- EBacc APS
- 4.7
- Cohort Size
- 164
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
- 94.0%
- Higher education
- 52.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 35.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
31.5
Avg Points/Entry
32.0
Best 3 A-Levels
49
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 4.8%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 39.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 91
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 957
- Boys
- 468 (49%)
- Girls
- 489 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1065 (90% full)
- SEND
- 15.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.1%
- EAL
- 13.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.3%
- SEN Support
- 13.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 56.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,461/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 16.1%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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: 71.1%
- White Other: 9.2%
- Other: 9.2%
- Asian Indian: 2.5%
- Asian Other: 2.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Black Other: 0.9%
71.1%
White British
9.2%
White Other
9.2%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 142193
- UKPRN
- 10053517
- Establishment No.
- 4607
- Trust
- ST GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST