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St Bonaventure's RC School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 54 53.5 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
53.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
57% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
21.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.17 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 47.3[6] 46.9%[6]
2023/24 53.4[4] 62.2%[4] +0.17[4]
2022/23 56.7[7] 69%[7] +0.32[7]
2021/22 54.9[8] 60%[8] +0.04[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
12.1% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[10] 11.3%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 4.3%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 8.4%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 2.6%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
73% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
6% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
17% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[15] 59%[15] 14%[15] 22%[15] 2%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 99%[16] 65%[16] 17%[16] 13%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 69%[17] 10%[17] 17%[17] 0%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 63%[18] 15%[18] 17%[18] 2%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
79% 2022/23[19]
Education
79% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
8% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 90%[20] 79%[20] 81%[20] 2%[20] 7%[20]
2020/21 91%[21] 80%[21] 82%[21] 1%[21] 8%[21]
2019/20 89%[22] 79%[22] 81%[22] 2%[22] 5%[22]
2018/19 95%[23] 81%[23] 84%[23] 3%[23] 9%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
89% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
36% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
22% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 87%[26] 34%[26]
2019/20 85%[25] 24%[25] 22%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 87%[27] 15%[27] 15%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 82%[28] 9%[28] 9%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
29 Nov 2022[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
24 Jan 2023[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.3 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
458 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
161 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
203 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 470[30] 164[30] 199[30] 2.4[30] 0.8[30]
Entry Sept 2024 460[30] 149[30] 203[30] 2.3[30] 0.7[30]
Entry Sept 2023 392[30] 136[30] 205[30] 1.9[30] 0.7[30]
Entry Sept 2022 376[30] 110[30] 206[30] 1.8[30] 0.5[30]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Boys[1]
Faith
Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1300[1]
Local authority
Newham[1]
Website
http://www.stbons.org/[1]
District
Newham[31]
Postcode
E7 9QD[1]
URN
102787[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1348 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
52.2% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
9.1% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
2.2% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
41.9% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
9.2%[33]
Mixed
9.7%[33]
Asian
36.3%[33]
Black
33.6%[33]
Any other ethnic group
8.7%[33]
Unclassified
2.6%[33]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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