St Bede's Catholic High School, Lytham
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- School rating
- Good Feb 11 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
- 119788
- Address
- Talbot Road, Lytham, FY8 4JL
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 829 (94% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 49.8%
- Girls
- 50.2%
- First language not English
- 4.6%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 13.4%
- Persistent absence
- 18.6%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 3.1%
White British 82.1%
Other White 8.9%
Mixed 4.2%
African 1%
Unclassified 1%
Irish 0.7%
Other 0.6%
Indian 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Other Asian 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Entering EBacc
School 31%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 49%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 48.3
Local authority average 45
England average 45.9
EBacc average point score
School 4.22
Local authority average 3.94
England average 4.08
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Art & Design | GCSE | 44 |
| Biology | GCSE | 38 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 36 |
| Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 20 |
| Design & Technology | GCSE | 19 |
| English Language | GCSE | 161 |
| English Literature | GCSE | 159 |
| French | GCSE | 65 |
| Geography | GCSE | 73 |
| History | GCSE | 105 |
Admissions
St Bede's Catholic High School, Lytham
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 161
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 188
- 2nd preference
- 264
- 3rd preference
- 69
- From another Local Authority
- 50
Offers
- 1st preference
- 160
- 2nd preference
- 1
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 21
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 25.8 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 167 79 88 |
| Year 8 | 171 80 91 |
| Year 9 | 165 72 93 |
| Year 10 | 162 90 72 |
| Year 11 | 164 92 72 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 80.0% 81.1% 85.5% |
Further education | 19.0% 48.5% 36.9% |
School sixth form | 4.0% 11.8% 35.2% |
Sixth form college | 57.0% 20.4% 12.9% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.5% 0.5% |
| Entering employment | 7.0% 3.7% 2.6% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 7.0% 5.4% 3.3% |
| Not in education or employment | 4.0% 7.3% 5.7% |
| Destination unknown | 2.0% 2.4% 3.0% |