Beths Grammar School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,701 pupils
98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 71.6
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St Catherine's Catholic School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,021of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 15.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 210
- Ofsted
- Good, 14 June 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Catherine's Catholic School for Girls (URN 101478, until 1 December 2011).
What the data says
St Catherine's Catholic School has no sixth form. Of the 203 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 27% moved to a sixth form college, 11% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 55.1 against 46.1 across England and 50.6 in Bexley, with 59% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 99% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 2% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bexley and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Bexley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 203 | 3,313 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 98% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 97% | 89% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 58% | 57% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 27% | 10% | 13% |
| — further education college | 11% | 21% | 37% |
| — other education | — | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 2% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Bexley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 55.1 | 50.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 59% | 54% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 85% | 70% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 66% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.96 | 4.51 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 17% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 50.2 | 36.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 56.1 | 55.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 11% | 15% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 210 | 100% | 88% | 21% | 22% | 86% |
| English Language | 210 | 100% | 89% | 18% | 20% | 87% |
| English Literature | 209 | 100% | 86% | 28% | 21% | 95% |
| Religious Studies | 207 | 99% | 31% | 53% | 32% | 90% |
| Combined Science | 152 | 72% | 65% | 9% | 9% | 70% |
| Geography | 150 | 71% | 41% | 26% | 25% | 78% |
| Business Studies | 81 | 39% | 18% | 20% | 20% | 78% |
| Spanish | 80 | 38% | 19% | 28% | 27% | 85% |
| Psychology | 76 | 36% | 3% | 14% | 22% | 79% |
| French | 60 | 29% | 18% | 27% | 29% | 83% |
| Biology | 58 | 28% | 23% | 19% | 45% | 90% |
| Physics | 57 | 27% | 23% | 30% | 46% | 93% |
| Chemistry | 57 | 27% | 23% | 33% | 47% | 95% |
| History | 54 | 26% | 41% | 33% | 26% | 81% |
| Computer Science | 23 | 11% | 13% | 22% | 30% | 74% |
| Textiles | 22 | 10% | 2% | 36% | 27% | 91% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 21 | 10% | 8% | 19% | 21% | 76% |
| Drama | 20 | 10% | 7% | 30% | 27% | 80% |
| Media Studies | 20 | 10% | 4% | 10% | 20% | 85% |
| Fine Art | 18 | 9% | 9% | 17% | 28% | 100% |
| Astronomy | 16 | 8% | 0% | 13% | 29% | 50% |
| Music | 12 | 6% | 5% | 8% | 33% | 33% |
| Physical Education | 7 | 3% | 11% | 29% | 24% | 100% |
| Design and Technology | 4 | 2% | 11% | — | 23% | — |
| Russian | 3 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Italian | 3 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Art and Design | 1 | 0% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childcare Skills | 33 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 1 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.