St Bede's Catholic High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Nov 16 2023 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
- 119788
- Address
- Talbot Road, Lytham, FY8 4JL
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 824 (94% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 48.5%
- Girls
- 51.5%
- First language not English
- 3%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 13.5%
- Persistent absence
- 20.0%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 3.8%
White British 86.3%
Other White 6.7%
Mixed 4.1%
Unclassified 0.8%
Irish 0.6%
African 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Indian 0.2%
Other Asian 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.11
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.17
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 16%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 44%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 48.9
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 4.09
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Art & Design | GCSE | 27 |
| Biology | GCSE | 33 |
| Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 63 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 32 |
| Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 22 |
| Design & Technology | GCSE | 20 |
| English Language | GCSE | 155 |
| English Literature | GCSE | 154 |
| D&T Food Technology | GCSE | 32 |
| French | GCSE | 37 |
Admissions
St Bede's Catholic High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 165
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 180
- 2nd preference
- 270
- 3rd preference
- 86
- From another Local Authority
- 41
Offers
- 1st preference
- 161
- 2nd preference
- 2
- 3rd preference
- 2
- To another Local Authority
- 16
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 24.7 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 166 75 91 |
| Year 8 | 166 73 93 |
| Year 9 | 162 90 72 |
| Year 10 | 165 94 71 |
| Year 11 | 165 68 97 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 84.0% 82.2% 86.5% |
Further education | 24.0% 47.7% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 1.0% 12.9% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 58.0% 21.0% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 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 | 5.0% 5.9% 5.2% |
| Destination unknown | 2.0% 0.9% 1.0% |