St Cecilia's RC High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Oct 16 2019 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
- 119800
- Address
- Chapel Hill, Longridge, PR3 2XA
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 562 (90% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 50.7%
- Girls
- 49.3%
- First language not English
- 8.2%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 23.1%
- Persistent absence
- 25.9%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 8.0%
White British 84.3%
Other White 7.3%
Mixed 3.5%
Unclassified 2.5%
Other Black 0.7%
African 0.5%
Chinese 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
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 24%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 42%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 47.3
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 4.13
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Art & Design | GCSE | 25 |
| Biology | GCSE | 5 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 5 |
| Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 37 |
| Design & Technology | GCSE | 24 |
| English Language | GCSE | 93 |
| English Literature | GCSE | 92 |
| D&T Food Technology | GCSE | 17 |
| French | GCSE | 2 |
| Geography | GCSE | 44 |
Admissions
St Cecilia's RC High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 119
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 126
- 2nd preference
- 117
- 3rd preference
- 72
- From another Local Authority
- 0
Offers
- 1st preference
- 101
- 2nd preference
- 16
- 3rd preference
- 2
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 24.1 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 125 65 60 |
| Year 8 | 107 61 46 |
| Year 9 | 114 43 71 |
| Year 10 | 119 61 58 |
| Year 11 | 97 55 42 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 77.0% 82.2% 86.5% |
Further education | 43.0% 47.7% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 1.0% 12.9% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 32.0% 21.0% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.6% 0.9% |
| Entering employment | 7.0% 5.4% 3.9% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 10.0% 5.5% 3.4% |
| Not in education or employment | 4.0% 5.9% 5.2% |
| Destination unknown | 1.0% 0.9% 1.0% |