All Hallows Catholic High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Feb 8 2023 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
119802
Address
Crabtree Avenue, Penwortham, PR1 0LN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
910 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
53.6%
Girls
46.4%
First language not English
4.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
9.8%
Persistent absence
10.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85.5%
Other White 5.2%
Mixed 3.8%
African 1.6%
Other 0.9%
Irish 0.8%
Other Asian 0.8%
Other Black 0.7%
Indian 0.5%
Unclassified 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 25%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 58%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 55.6
Local authority average 45
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.73
Local authority average 3.94
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award13
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award6
Speech & DramaTechnical Award17
Art & DesignGCSE25
BiologyGCSE44
ChemistryGCSE44
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
Design & TechnologyGCSE66
DanceGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE184
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

All Hallows Catholic High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
177
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
200
2nd preference
167
3rd preference
177
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
172
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes22.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
182
95
87
Year 8
180
107
73
Year 9
183
100
83
Year 10
179
89
90
Year 11
186
97
89
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
81.1%
85.5%
Further education
25.0%
48.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
2.0%
11.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
54.0%
20.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
5.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
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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