Beechen Cliff School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,232 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.0
Academy converter
St Mark's CofE School
- Pupils on roll
- 259of 513 places
- Free school meals
- 31.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 52
- Ofsted
- Report card, 17 March 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Strong standardAchievement Strong standardAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Strong standardInclusion Strong standardLeadership and governance Strong standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Mark's CofE School (URN 109328, until 1 April 2020).
What the data says
Of the 80 pupils who finished Year 11 at St Mark's CofE School in 2023, 30% stayed on in St Mark's CofE School’s own sixth form (Bath and North East Somerset average 48%), 39% went to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 35% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 44.9 against 46.1 across England and 47.9 in Bath and North East Somerset, with 44% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 Bath and North East Somerset and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | St Mark's CofE School | Bath and North East Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 80 | 2,287 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 89% | 95% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 81% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 30% | 48% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 10% | 9% | 13% |
| — further education college | 39% | 27% | 37% |
| — other education | 3% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | St Mark's CofE School | Bath and North East Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 44.9 | 47.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% | 49% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 40% | 44% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.02 | 4.29 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 31% | 20% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 30.0 | 32.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 51.6 | 51.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 14% | 7% | 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 | 49 | 94% | 88% | 16% | 22% | 69% |
| English Language | 49 | 94% | 89% | 16% | 20% | 65% |
| English Literature | 49 | 94% | 86% | 20% | 21% | 76% |
| Combined Science | 48 | 92% | 65% | 25% | 9% | 65% |
| Religious Studies | 37 | 71% | 31% | 43% | 32% | 70% |
| History | 37 | 71% | 41% | 24% | 26% | 68% |
| Fine Art | 18 | 35% | 9% | 22% | 28% | 100% |
| Geography | 11 | 21% | 41% | 45% | 25% | 73% |
| Spanish | 11 | 21% | 19% | 27% | 27% | 100% |
| French | 11 | 21% | 18% | 27% | 29% | 73% |
| Statistics | 7 | 13% | 5% | 71% | 20% | 100% |
| Music | 6 | 12% | 5% | 33% | 33% | 83% |
| Italian | 2 | 4% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 18 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 12 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 8 | — | — |
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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.