St Bede's Catholic High School, Lytham

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%
Pupil ethnicities
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%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE27
BiologyGCSE33
Business Studies:SingleGCSE63
ChemistryGCSE32
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE20
English LanguageGCSE155
English LiteratureGCSE154
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE32
FrenchGCSE37
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Bede's Catholic High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
165
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
180
2nd preference
270
3rd preference
86
From another Local Authority
41
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
161
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
16
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.7
Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2023-2024

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%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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