Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 2 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
796 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
49.9%
Girls
50.1%
First language not English
3.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.9%
Persistent absence
27.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.7%
Other White 3.1%
Mixed 2.3%
Other Asian 1.8%
Unclassified 1.4%
Other 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
African 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.32
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 15%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.36
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE14
BiologyGCSE31
ChemistryGCSE31
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE12
Design & TechnologyGCSE30
English LanguageGCSE147
English LiteratureGCSE144
FrenchGCSE9
GeographyGCSE71
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
170
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
134
2nd preference
164
3rd preference
74
From another Local Authority
31
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
134
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
25
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 classes21.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
164
70
94
Year 8
162
88
74
Year 9
164
85
79
Year 10
159
71
88
Year 11
147
83
64
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
81.7%
85.6%
Further education
39.0%
49.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
0.0%
11.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
39.0%
20.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
7.0%
5.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
6.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.1%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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