Our Lady's RC High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Nov 3 2021 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 16 y.o.
- Type
- Local authority maintained schools
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Unique reference
- 105576
- Address
- Alworth Road, Higher Blackley, M9 0RP
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1050 (88% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 48.3%
- Girls
- 51.7%
- First language not English
- 57.6%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 43%
- Persistent absence
- 9.0%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 11.7%
African 30.3%
White British 27.5%
Other Black 9.8%
Mixed 9.4%
Other White 9%
Unclassified 3%
Indian 2.4%
Other Asian 2.2%
Caribbean 2%
Pakistani 1.8%
Chinese 1.5%
Other 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Entering EBacc
School 41%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 46%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 49.1
Local authority average 44.7
England average 45.9
EBacc average point score
School 4.32
Local authority average 4
England average 4.08
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | Technical Award | 57 |
| Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 18 |
| Art & Design | GCSE | 14 |
| Biology | GCSE | 23 |
| Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 41 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 22 |
| Chinese | GCSE | 1 |
| Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 20 |
| English Language | GCSE | 205 |
| English Literature | GCSE | 204 |
Admissions
Our Lady's RC High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 203
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 259
- 2nd preference
- 191
- 3rd preference
- 99
- From another Local Authority
- 59
Offers
- 1st preference
- 184
- 2nd preference
- 13
- 3rd preference
- 5
- To another Local Authority
- 18
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 21 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 221 119 102 |
| Year 8 | 201 100 101 |
| Year 9 | 206 100 106 |
| Year 10 | 205 92 113 |
| Year 11 | 217 96 121 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 91.0% 86.3% 85.5% |
Further education | 40.0% 39.1% 36.9% |
School sixth form | 2.0% 15.3% 35.2% |
Sixth form college | 50.0% 31.3% 12.9% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.6% 0.5% |
| Entering employment | 1.0% 1.7% 2.6% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 3.0% 1.3% 3.3% |
| Not in education or employment | 3.0% 7.0% 5.7% |
| Destination unknown | 2.0% 3.7% 3.0% |