Freebrough Academy
Academy sponsor led · 814 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.4
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St Peter's Catholic College
- Pupils on roll
- 572of 540 places
- Free school meals
- 55.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 92
- Ofsted
- Good, 29 November 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Saint Peter's Catholic College of Maths and Computing (URN 111762, until 1 April 2014).
What the data says
St Peter's Catholic College has no sixth form. Of the 98 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 15% moved to a sixth form college, 66% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 34.3 against 46.1 across England and 44.4 in Redcar and Cleveland, with 24% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 37% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 4% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
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 Redcar and Cleveland and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | St Peter's Catholic College | Redcar and Cleveland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 98 | 1,586 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 15% | 28% | 13% |
| — further education college | 66% | 50% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | St Peter's Catholic College | Redcar and Cleveland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 34.3 | 44.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 24% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 38% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 25% | 40% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.76 | 3.94 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 57% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 29.5 | 32.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 40.5 | 49.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 11% | 3% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 92 | 100% | 89% | 12% | 20% | 36% |
| Mathematics | 92 | 100% | 88% | 7% | 22% | 43% |
| Combined Science | 90 | 98% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 34% |
| Religious Studies | 84 | 91% | 31% | 15% | 32% | 42% |
| English Literature | 75 | 82% | 86% | 8% | 21% | 51% |
| Geography | 48 | 52% | 41% | 2% | 25% | 15% |
| History | 37 | 40% | 41% | 11% | 26% | 43% |
| Art and Design | 34 | 37% | 7% | 15% | 24% | 71% |
| French | 23 | 25% | 18% | 22% | 29% | 70% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 15 | 16% | 8% | 7% | 21% | 67% |
| Physics | 1 | 1% | 23% | — | 46% | — |
| Chemistry | 1 | 1% | 23% | — | 47% | — |
| Biology | 1 | 1% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 30 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 28 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 23 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 10 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 1 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Redcar and Cleveland
Huntcliff School
Academy sponsor led · 544 pupils
95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.3
Laurence Jackson School
Academy sponsor led · 1,247 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.9
Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,321 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.0
Outwood Academy Bydales
Academy sponsor led · 832 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.6
Outwood Academy Normanby
Academy sponsor led · 787 pupils
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.4
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.