Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
May 13 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
119784
Address
Station Road, Bamber Bridge, PR5 6PB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
760 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
49.7%
Girls
50.3%
First language not English
5.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.9%
Persistent absence
17.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 80.4%
Other White 6.1%
Mixed 5.4%
Unclassified 2.8%
African 1.6%
Other Asian 1.2%
Indian 0.7%
Other Black 0.7%
Chinese 0.5%
Other 0.5%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 36%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.1
Local authority average 45
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.12
Local authority average 3.94
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award35
Art & DesignGCSE22
BiologyGCSE28
Business Studies:SingleGCSE19
ChemistryGCSE27
ChineseGCSE3
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
Design & TechnologyGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE144
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
155
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
173
2nd preference
109
3rd preference
95
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
147
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
161
78
83
Year 8
153
77
76
Year 9
151
68
83
Year 10
150
82
68
Year 11
145
73
72
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
81.1%
85.5%
Further education
42.0%
48.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
4.0%
11.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
30.0%
20.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
5.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
7.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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