Cowley International College
Community school · sixth form · 1,514 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.3
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St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy
- Pupils on roll
- —of 920 places
- Free school meals
- —
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 163
- Ofsted
- Not yet inspected under this URN
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Cuthbert's Catholic High School (URN 104835, until 1 September 2026).
What the data says
St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy has no sixth form. Of the 179 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 13% moved to a sixth form college, 61% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
16% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 34.5 against 46.1 across England and 41.8 in St. Helens, with 25% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 29% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils 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 St. Helens and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | St. Helens | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 179 | 1,990 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 79% | 88% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 75% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 18% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 13% | 25% | 13% |
| — further education college | 61% | 37% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 16% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | St. Helens | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 34.5 | 41.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25% | 36% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 44% | 57% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 7% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.79 | 3.59 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 45% | 31% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 25.4 | 30.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 41.8 | 47.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 9% | 5% | 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 | 163 | 100% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 54% |
| Mathematics | 163 | 100% | 88% | 7% | 22% | 52% |
| Combined Science | 159 | 98% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 38% |
| English Literature | 142 | 87% | 86% | 6% | 21% | 57% |
| Religious Studies | 142 | 87% | 31% | 6% | 32% | 39% |
| History | 81 | 50% | 41% | 15% | 26% | 54% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 48 | 29% | 8% | 19% | 21% | 71% |
| Geography | 42 | 26% | 41% | 7% | 25% | 48% |
| Fine Art | 38 | 23% | 9% | 8% | 28% | 68% |
| Physical Education | 37 | 23% | 11% | 14% | 24% | 54% |
| Computer Science | 29 | 18% | 13% | 7% | 30% | 38% |
| Spanish | 20 | 12% | 19% | 20% | 27% | 65% |
| Design and Technology | 18 | 11% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 17% |
| Drama | 12 | 7% | 7% | 17% | 27% | 50% |
| Polish | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Biology | 2 | 1% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| Sociology | 1 | 1% | 4% | — | 21% | — |
| Art and Design | 1 | 1% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 50 | — | — |
| Multimedia | 23 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 8 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in St. Helens
De La Salle School
Academy sponsor led · 1,180 pupils
85% stayed in education
Hope Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,235 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.8
Outwood Academy Haydock
Academy sponsor led · 791 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.2
Rainford High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,646 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.6
Rainhill High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,535 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.9
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.