Our Lady's Catholic College
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Requires improvement Mar 27 2024 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 18 y.o.
- Type
- Local authority maintained schools
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Unique reference
- 119798
- Address
- Morecambe Road, LA1 2RX
- Website
- www.olcc.lancs.sch.uk
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1012 (88% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 50.9%
- Girls
- 49.1%
- First language not English
- 14.7%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 35.9%
- Persistent absence
- 33.1%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 24.6%
White British 73.4%
Other White 8.5%
Other Asian 4.4%
Unclassified 3.9%
Mixed 2.7%
African 2.6%
Indian 1.4%
Other 1.1%
Irish Traveller 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.6%
Pakistani 0.4%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.4
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.17
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 10%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 31%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 38.2
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.03
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | Technical Award | 51 |
| Childcare Skills | Technical Award | 16 |
| Dance: General | Technical Award | 5 |
| Health Studies | Technical Award | 42 |
| Music performance: Group | Technical Award | 9 |
| Sports Studies | Technical Award | 14 |
| Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
| Art & Design | GCSE | 1 |
| Art & Design (Textiles) | GCSE | 1 |
| Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 21 |
Admissions
Our Lady's Catholic College
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 184
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 134
- 2nd preference
- 160
- 3rd preference
- 216
- From another Local Authority
- 1
Offers
- 1st preference
- 134
- 2nd preference
- 36
- 3rd preference
- 9
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 18.4 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 191 89 102 |
| Year 8 | 186 102 84 |
| Year 9 | 179 91 88 |
| Year 10 | 167 100 67 |
| Year 11 | 148 64 84 |
| Year 12 | 81 45 36 |
| Year 13 | 60 24 36 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 84.0% 81.7% 85.6% |
Further education | 48.0% 49.4% 35.4% |
School sixth form | 32.0% 11.8% 36.6% |
Sixth form college | 4.0% 20.1% 13.0% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.4% 0.5% |
| Entering employment | 5.0% 5.0% 4.1% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 3.0% 5.7% 3.2% |
| Not in education or employment | 6.0% 6.5% 5.9% |
| Destination unknown | 2.0% 1.1% 1.2% |
Progression to Higher Education or Training
| Destinations after A‑levels | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Degrees | 67.0% 62.0% 65.5% |
Top third higher education institutions | 23.0% 22.9% 23.8% |
| Other study at level 4 or 5 | 0.0% 2.1% 2.5% |
| Higher apprenticeships | 0.0% 3.5% 2.2% |