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
- 18.0%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 8.7%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | Technical Award | 20 |
| Art & Design | GCSE | 52 |
| Biology | GCSE | 28 |
| Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 49 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 28 |
| Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 48 |
| Design & Technology | GCSE | 52 |
| Dance | GCSE | 1 |
| English Language | GCSE | 173 |
| English Literature | GCSE | 156 |
Admissions
Our Lady's Catholic High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 177
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 182
- 2nd preference
- 231
- 3rd preference
- 271
- From another Local Authority
- 4
Offers
- 1st preference
- 159
- 2nd preference
- 18
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 1
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 23.8 |
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 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 84.0% 81.7% 85.6% |
Further education | 28.0% 49.4% 35.4% |
School sixth form | 2.0% 11.8% 36.6% |
Sixth form college | 54.0% 20.1% 13.0% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.4% 0.5% |
| Entering employment | 6.0% 5.0% 4.1% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 6.0% 5.7% 3.2% |
| Not in education or employment | 3.0% 6.5% 5.9% |
| Destination unknown | 1.0% 1.1% 1.2% |