St Cecilia's RC High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- School rating
- Good Jan 7 2025 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
- 570 (86% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 49.8%
- Girls
- 50.2%
- First language not English
- 9.5%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 29.6%
- Persistent absence
- 24.8%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 7.4%
White British 83.3%
Other White 8.4%
Mixed 4%
Unclassified 1.4%
African 0.9%
Other Black 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Indian 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Entering EBacc
School 23%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 42%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 45.9
Local authority average 45
England average 45.9
EBacc average point score
School 3.92
Local authority average 3.94
England average 4.08
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Art & Design | GCSE | 40 |
| Biology | GCSE | 3 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 3 |
| Chinese | GCSE | 1 |
| Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 23 |
| Design & Technology | GCSE | 25 |
| English Language | GCSE | 112 |
| English Literature | GCSE | 110 |
| D&T Food Technology | GCSE | 30 |
| Geography | GCSE | 38 |
Admissions
St Cecilia's RC High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 120
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 135
- 2nd preference
- 102
- 3rd preference
- 60
- From another Local Authority
- 0
Offers
- 1st preference
- 104
- 2nd preference
- 13
- 3rd preference
- 3
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 22.9 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 125 63 62 |
| Year 8 | 125 65 60 |
| Year 9 | 101 57 44 |
| Year 10 | 106 41 65 |
| Year 11 | 113 58 55 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 78.0% 81.1% 85.5% |
Further education | 22.0% 48.5% 36.9% |
School sixth form | 1.0% 11.8% 35.2% |
Sixth form college | 56.0% 20.4% 12.9% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.5% 0.5% |
| Entering employment | 6.0% 3.7% 2.6% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 8.0% 5.4% 3.3% |
| Not in education or employment | 6.0% 7.3% 5.7% |
| Destination unknown | 1.0% 2.4% 3.0% |