Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 1 2022 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
119799
Address
Melbourne Avenue, FY7 8AY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
783 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
47.3%
Girls
52.7%
First language not English
4%
Free school meals (FSM)
28%
Persistent absence
17.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.3%
Other White 3.4%
Mixed 2.4%
Other Asian 1.7%
Other 0.8%
Unclassified 0.6%
African 0.5%
Indian 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.4
Local authority average 45
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.61
Local authority average 3.94
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE15
BiologyGCSE18
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE18
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE8
Design & TechnologyGCSE25
English LanguageGCSE148
English LiteratureGCSE143
FrenchGCSE26
GeographyGCSE48
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
159
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
134
2nd preference
163
3rd preference
61
From another Local Authority
35
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
133
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
24
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 classes22.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
163
72
91
Year 8
157
66
91
Year 9
154
83
71
Year 10
160
82
78
Year 11
149
67
82
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
81.1%
85.5%
Further education
35.0%
48.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
0.0%
11.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
51.0%
20.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
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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