Lathom High School : A Technology College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 15 2022 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
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Lancashire
Unique reference
119774
Address
Glenburn Road, WN8 6JN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
755 (75% of total capacity)
Boys
51.8%
Girls
48.2%
First language not English
13.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
43.4%
Persistent absence
23.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 80.9%
Other White 13.4%
Other 3.3%
Mixed 1.1%
Other Black 0.5%
African 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.62
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 71%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 28%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.29
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE29
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE3
BiologyGCSE22
ChemistryGCSE19
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE19
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
Design & TechnologyGCSE6
English LanguageGCSE84
English LiteratureGCSE83
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE8
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Lathom High School : A Technology College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
160
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
255
2nd preference
121
3rd preference
55
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
151
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes23.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
181
88
93
Year 8
155
88
67
Year 9
152
78
74
Year 10
144
71
73
Year 11
123
66
57
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
66.0%
47.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
12.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
11.0%
21.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
5.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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