Our Lady's Catholic High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 29 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
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Lancashire
Unique reference
119779
Address
St Anthony's Drive, Fulwood, PR2 3SQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
895 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
47.7%
Girls
52.3%
First language not English
12.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.8%
Persistent absence
15.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 72.4%
Other White 9.4%
Mixed 6.1%
Indian 4.4%
Other Asian 2.7%
Pakistani 1.7%
Unclassified 1.3%
African 1%
Other Black 0.6%
Irish 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.05
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 29%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 47.9
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.04
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award16
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE70
BiologyGCSE41
Business Studies:SingleGCSE52
ChemistryGCSE41
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE44
Design & TechnologyGCSE55
English LanguageGCSE177
English LiteratureGCSE171
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE17
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Our Lady's Catholic High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
177
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
182
2nd preference
231
3rd preference
271
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
159
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes23.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
182
92
90
Year 8
180
82
98
Year 9
180
86
94
Year 10
179
85
94
Year 11
174
82
92
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
18.0%
47.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
2.0%
12.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
57.0%
21.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
9.0%
5.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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