Catholic Education Key Facts 2014

KEY FACTS 2014

Catholic Schools in England There are 2156 Catholic schools in England.

Catholic schools make up 10% of the national total of maintained schools.

816,007 pupils are educated in Catholic schools.

70% of pupils at Catholic maintained schools are Catholic.

47,986 teachers work in Catholic maintained schools.

54% of teachers in Catholic maintained schools are Catholic.

2014 Census Digest is available to download: www.catholiceducation.org.uk

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36% of pupils in Catholic maintained primary schools are from ethnic minority backgrounds (30% nationally).

18% of pupils at Catholic maintained secondary schools live in the most deprived areas (12% nationally).

83% of Catholic primary schools have Ofsted grades of good or outstanding (81% nationally).

At age 11, Catholic schools outperform the national average English and Maths SATs scores by 5%.

At GCSE, Catholic schools outperform the national average by 8%.

All data taken from: ● Digest of 2014 Census Data for Schools and Colleges ●Ofsted 2014- latest official statistics ●Department for Education statistics

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