St Peter's Catholic High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 6 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
13.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.5%
Pupil ethnicities
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%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award20
Ancient HistoryGCSE42
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE34
BiologyGCSE48
ChemistryGCSE48
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE61
Design & TechnologyGCSE31
DanceGCSE11
English LanguageGCSE215
English LiteratureGCSE215
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

St Peter's Catholic High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
202
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
219
2nd preference
138
3rd preference
101
From another Local Authority
93
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
198
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
58
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.2
Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
80.0%
85.6%
Further education
19.0%
38.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
SP
6.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
68.0%
34.9%
13.0%
Other education destinations
SP
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
6.1%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
6.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
7.2%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.3%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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