Catmose College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Oakham, Rutland
Last distance offered · Year 7 2025
8.99 miles
Published by the school · offers on 3 March 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Catmose College is a secondary school in Oakham, Rutland for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 26 March 2024. The school has published a last distance offered on its own website for Year 7 2024 to 2025 entry.
Catmose College catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2025 | 8.99 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2025, the last child offered a place lived 8.99 miles away, about the same as in 2024.
- In Year 7 2026, 163 of the 419 applications (39%) came from families living outside Rutland, and 25 offers went to them.
- For Year 7 in 2026, there were 286 first-choice applications for 227 offers; 224 offers went to first-choice families, and 62 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 52.9 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Rutland schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Huntsmans Drive, Oakham, LE15 6RP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Rutland
- Pupils on roll
- 1,153 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 26 March 2024
Strengths
- “Catmose College provides a remarkable and broad education for all.”
- “Pupils are well supported by passionate and inspirational staff.”
- “Bullying and discrimination are not tolerated.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 April 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 60% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 52.9 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 286 first-preference applications, 227 offers in total, 224 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Rutland.
- Uppingham Community College 6.4 mi School remains Good
- Casterton College Rutland 9.2 mi Good