St Mary's Catholic School
Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2NQ · Hertfordshire · secondary school
21st of 78 secondary schools in Hertfordshire we can score, 82 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
Narrow the comparison to the 425 schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — a tougher field — and it places 4.7/10 among them, against 8.5/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.
How this is worked out
| Measure | Percentile | Weight | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 65.9 · 88 | 46% | 4.06 |
| Progress 8 2023/24 | 0.43 · 81 | 38% | 3.10 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 57.6 · 90 | 15% | 1.38 |
Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.
Get to know the school
How it's doing. In 2024/25, 65.9% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 57.6, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was +0.43 in 2023/24, indicating better progress than pupils nationally who started from the same place. Narrow the comparison to the schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — a tougher field — and it places 4.7 out of 10 among them, against 8.5 out of 10 nationally.
Getting in. The school has 1121 pupils in a capacity of 1029, meaning it is over capacity by 92. The school is over its stated capacity, so places are competitive.
Worth asking on a visit. How does the school manage the pressure of being over capacity by 92 places? What support is available for pupils whose progress falls below the +0.43 average? How does the curriculum address the gap between the 57.6 Attainment 8 score and the 4.7/10 similar-intake ranking?
Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.
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