Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College

Secondary · state · Roman Catholic/Church of England · ages 11–16 · 768 pupils · OL10 2AA

GoodOfstedInspected Mar 2026

5.8%GCSE grades 8–9England median 9.6%

1.3Applications per placeFirst choices, Year 7 2026

43.4Attainment 8England median 45.8

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20.6% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

Ofsted: Report card: achievement expected standard, curriculum and teaching expected standard

GCSE results (2024/25)

% of GCSE grades at 8 or 95.8% (typical 9.6%)

% of GCSE grades at 7 or above12.9% (typical 19.5%)

Attainment 8 (average across 8 GCSE-level subjects)43.4 (typical 45.8)

% with grade 5 or above in English and maths44.3% (typical 43.9%)

% with grade 4 or above in English and maths69.8% (typical 65.8%)

149 pupils at the end of Year 11.

How hard is it to get in?

For Year 7 in September 2026, 181 families put it first for 142 places (1.3 first choices per place, oversubscribed). 75% of the families who put it first got a place.

Entry	Places	First choices	Per place	First choices offered a place
Year 7, 2024	148	177	1.2	78%
Year 7, 2025	143	182	1.3	73%
Year 7, 2026	142	181	1.3	75%

Sports facilities on site

Sports hall (4 courts), 3G pitch, 2 football pitches.

For the school's own use. Schools nearby with similar facilities

Money

£8,292spent per pupil (typical secondary £7,863)

75%of spending on staff, 55% on teachers

£325krevenue reserve (5% of a year's income)

£63ksurplus in the year

Income £6.5m, spending £6.4m (April 2025 to March 2026, 772 pupils).

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About these figures

Typical means the median state-funded school in England. In the bars, the fill is this school and the black line is the typical school.
Progress 8 (how pupils did against similar pupils nationally) isn't published for 2024/25, because these pupils sat no tests at 11 during Covid.
GCSE tables: GCSE (9–1) full courses taken in 2024/25; subjects with 5 or more entries. Small entries swing a lot from year to year.
Applications per place are first choices. They are national offer day figures; places can change later through waiting lists and appeals.
Living nearby doesn't guarantee a place. Admissions are set by the council or the school, and rules such as catchment, siblings and faith decide who gets in: check its admissions policy and how far away the last places went in recent years.
Sports facilities, not results: there is no national data on schools' sporting success.
Spending per pupil mostly follows funding for deprivation, special needs and London weighting, so higher isn't the same as better. Small schools and sixth forms cost more per pupil.

Department for Education performance data 2024/25 and register of schools; Ofsted inspections to August 2026. Open Government Licence. Applications: DfE applications and offers. Contains data © Sport England (Active Places), matched to the school by name and postcode. Money: Department for Education consistent financial reporting (council-maintained schools), 2025-26; Open Government Licence.

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GCSE results (2024/25)

% of GCSE grades at 8 or 95.8% (typical 9.6%)

% of GCSE grades at 7 or above12.9% (typical 19.5%)

Attainment 8 (average across 8 GCSE-level subjects)43.4 (typical 45.8)

% with grade 5 or above in English and maths44.3% (typical 43.9%)

% with grade 4 or above in English and maths69.8% (typical 65.8%)

149 pupils at the end of Year 11.

GCSE grades by subject

Subject	Entries	Grades 8–9	England 8–9	Grades 7+	Grades 4+
English Language	149	4.7%	9.2%	14.8%	67.1%
Mathematics	145	7.6%	13%	15.2%	82.8%
English Literature	144	3.5%	9.9%	11.1%	68.1%
Religious Studies	133	7.5%	19%	11.3%	64.7%
History	75	6.7%	15.2%	9.3%	52%
Business	52	1.9%	10.9%	5.8%	59.6%
Geography	48	6.3%	13.6%	12.5%	62.5%
Physics	32	6.3%	29.4%	21.9%	100%
Chemistry	30	13.3%	31.4%	30%	93.3%
Biology	30	10%	28.6%	23.3%	96.7%
Spanish	24	0%	15.3%	0%	41.7%
Art and Design	19	10.5%	13.2%	21.1%	78.9%
Computer Science	16	0%	19.9%	0%	43.8%
Drama	10	0%	15.9%	10%	90%
Other Modern Languages	8	0%	31.4%	0%	0%
Music	5	0%	20.5%	0%	0%

How hard is it to get in?

For Year 7 in September 2026, 181 families put it first for 142 places (1.3 first choices per place, oversubscribed). 75% of the families who put it first got a place.

Entry

Places

First choices

Per place

First choices offered a place

Year 7, 2024

148

177

1.2

78%

Year 7, 2025

143

182

1.3

73%

Year 7, 2026

142

181

1.3

75%