Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- School rating
- Requires improvement Apr 23 2025 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
- 119782
- Address
- Glenburn Road, WN8 6JW
- Website
- http://www.olqp.org.uk/
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 849 (84% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 51.0%
- Girls
- 49.0%
- First language not English
- 10.1%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 40.5%
- Persistent absence
- 31.5%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 14.3%
White British 84.3%
Other White 10.5%
Mixed 1.5%
Other 0.9%
African 0.8%
Other Black 0.5%
Unclassified 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Indian 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Entering EBacc
School 39%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 25%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 38.1
Local authority average 45
England average 45.9
EBacc average point score
School 3.33
Local authority average 3.94
England average 4.08
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 16 |
| Art & Design (Textiles) | GCSE | 15 |
| Biology | GCSE | 28 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 27 |
| Social Science: Citizenship | GCSE | 12 |
| Design & Technology | GCSE | 42 |
| English Language | GCSE | 168 |
| English Literature | GCSE | 167 |
| French | GCSE | 57 |
| Geography | GCSE | 59 |
Admissions
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 131
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 69
- 2nd preference
- 91
- 3rd preference
- 63
- From another Local Authority
- 1
Offers
- 1st preference
- 69
- 2nd preference
- 16
- 3rd preference
- 17
- To another Local Authority
- 1
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 19.9 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 167 89 78 |
| Year 8 | 171 88 83 |
| Year 9 | 167 80 87 |
| Year 10 | 175 86 89 |
| Year 11 | 169 90 79 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 89.0% 81.1% 85.5% |
Further education | 64.0% 48.5% 36.9% |
School sixth form | 1.0% 11.8% 35.2% |
Sixth form college | 23.0% 20.4% 12.9% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.5% 0.5% |
| Entering employment | 1.0% 3.7% 2.6% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 3.0% 5.4% 3.3% |
| Not in education or employment | 6.0% 7.3% 5.7% |
| Destination unknown | 2.0% 2.4% 3.0% |