Blessed William Howard Catholic School is a secondary school located in Stafford. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 10/10/2012. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.9%, which is 1.9 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Rowley Avenue, Stafford, ST17 9AB
Website: https://www.bwh.staffs.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01785244236
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Staffordshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Karl Brown
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 142193

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 10/10/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1065
Number of Pupils: 886
Number of Boys: 407
Number of Girls: 479

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 16.9% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.25 Confidence interval -0.46 to -0.03
Of the 146 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 138 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:16%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:45%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:47.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.87
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
4out of 4St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School
Garden Street, ST17 4BT 		798 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4St Austin's Catholic Primary School
Garden Street, ST17 4BT 		886 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Rowley Park Primary Academy
Highfield Grove, Rowley Park ST17 9RF 		1,094 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Blessed Mother Teresa's Catholic Primary School
Somerset Road, Highfields ST17 9UZ 		1,164 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
- not ratedCastlechurch Primary School
Tennyson Road, ST17 9SY 		1,237 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Blessed William Howard Catholic School
Rowley Avenue, ST17 9AB 		0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
3out of 4King Edward VI High School
Westway, ST17 9YJ 		744 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Stafford Manor High School
Wolverhampton Road, ST17 9DJ 		1,781 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedBailey Street Alternative Provision Academy
1a Bailey Street, ST17 4BG 		613 yd Academy alternative provision sponsor led No Mixed More About School
- not ratedThe Haven School
Wolverhampton Road, ST17 9DJ 		1,851 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
- not ratedStafford Grammar School
Burton Manor, Burton Manor Road ST18 9AT 		2,069 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
- not ratedHeather Field School
New Burton House, Burton Bank Lane ST17 9JW 		2,508 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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