St Peter's Catholic High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Mar 5 2024 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
- Wigan
- Unique reference
- 106537
- Address
- Howards Lane, Orrell, WN5 8NU
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1045 (97% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 49.7%
- Girls
- 50.3%
- First language not English
- 5.1%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 9.6%
- Persistent absence
- 14.7%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 9.5%
White British 91.5%
Other White 2.6%
Indian 1.8%
Mixed 1.3%
African 1.1%
Other Asian 0.6%
Irish 0.5%
Unclassified 0.3%
Other 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.25
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.39
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 15%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 55%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 51.4
Local authority average 43.9
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 4.28
Local authority average 3.75
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | Technical Award | 17 |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | Technical Award | 17 |
| Engineering Studies | Technical Award | 35 |
| Ancient History | GCSE | 13 |
| Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 33 |
| Biology | GCSE | 57 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 57 |
| Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 56 |
| Design & Technology | GCSE | 49 |
| Dance | GCSE | 7 |
Admissions
St Peter's Catholic High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 202
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 219
- 2nd preference
- 138
- 3rd preference
- 101
- From another Local Authority
- 93
Offers
- 1st preference
- 198
- 2nd preference
- 4
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 58
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 23.2 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 209 103 106 |
| Year 8 | 208 104 104 |
| Year 9 | 205 94 111 |
| Year 10 | 208 99 109 |
| Year 11 | 215 119 96 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 89.0% 82.8% 86.5% |
Further education | 19.0% 40.9% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 2.0% 6.7% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 67.0% 34.6% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.6% 0.9% |
| Entering employment | 4.0% 5.6% 3.9% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 6.0% 6.1% 3.4% |
| Not in education or employment | 1.0% 5.2% 5.2% |
| Destination unknown | 0.0% 0.3% 1.0% |