St Wilfrid's Catholic School

Recent public examinations confirm our excellent, and still improving, academic results. We intend to rise to the challenge of equipping your children to be fulfilled people who make a positive contribution to the world around them.

St Wilfrid’s was recognised as one of the most improved schools in the country with our results improving 24% between 2007 and 2009.  St Wilfrid’s has recently been placed in the top 7% of schools nationally by Department for Education for progress for KS2-4 and KS4-5. This is a measure which takes in to account the academic levels of achievement that students enter the school with judged against their actual attainment in Year 11 and Year 13 (i.e. GCSEs, A Levels & equivalent). In short it is a measure of student progress. This is a critical measure of a school’s effectiveness as it describes the school’s impact throughout a child’s learning career at the school.

Most of our students stay on into Sixth Form and a high proportion then go on to university. As well as the traditional academic courses, we are increasingly offering flexible vocational courses and a curriculum that is tailor-made to the individual student’s requirements. Our Sixth Form results continue to be amongst the highest in County with the A level performance indicators placing St Wilfrid’s Sixth Form achievement as ‘excellent’ for 3 consecutive years. This data base takes from over 1000 sixth form institutions.

We take very seriously the responsibility of working with your child in a disciplined relationship of mutual trust and discernment.

GCSE Results 2011

St Wilfrid’s has had its most successful year of GCSE results. GCSE results and their equivalents have risen 34% since 2007 and the percentage of students achieving 5 A*-C grades stands at an impressive 85%! This year our students outperformed County expectations of 5 A*-C including English and Maths by 12%.   The school is further celebrating an increase from 50 to 74% of students achieving two good Sciences (A*-C).

A Level/AS Results

St Wilfrid’s are celebrating another year of outstanding results!  Its Year 13 students attained a remarkable 99% pass rate, which is above the national average, with 16% achieving A*-A grade, 43% achieving an A*-B grade and 79% achieving A*-C, an increase of 9%. 

AS results were just as good with an increase average point score per entry of 186, an increase of 6 from last year. This represents an ongoing upward trend for the St Wilfrid’s Sixth Form putting them in the top 10% of schools nationally according to ALPS Data.