Catholic Schools in England Key Facts 2015

KEY FACTS 2015

Catholic Schools in England There are 2142 Catholic schools in England.

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

819,069 pupils are educated in Catholic schools.

69% of pupils at Catholic maintained schools are Catholic.

46,479 teachers work in Catholic maintained schools.

53% of teachers in Catholic maintained schools are Catholic.

2015 Census Digest is available to download: www.catholiceducation.org.uk

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37% of pupils in Catholic maintained primary schools are from ethnic minority backgrounds (30% nationally).

17% of pupils at Catholic maintained secondary schools live in the most deprived areas (12% nationally).

83% of Catholic secondary schools have Ofsted grades of good or outstanding (75% nationally).

At age 11, Catholic schools outperform the national average English and Maths SATs scores by 6%.

At GCSE, Catholic schools outperform the national average by 5%.

All data taken from: ● Digest of 2015 Census Data for Schools and Colleges ●Ofsted 2015- latest official statistics ●Department for Education statistics

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