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
912 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
53.1%
Girls
46.9%
First language not English
4.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
9%
Persistent absence
12.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.5%
Other White 3.7%
Mixed 3.7%
Other 1.2%
African 1.1%
Other Black 0.8%
Irish 0.7%
Other Asian 0.7%
Indian 0.4%
Unclassified 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.27
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

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

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 52%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.8
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.44
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award4
Speech & DramaTechnical Award22
Art & DesignGCSE26
BiologyGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE53
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
Design & TechnologyGCSE51
English LanguageGCSE179
English LiteratureGCSE175
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE23
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

All Hallows Catholic High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
176
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
205
2nd preference
164
3rd preference
212
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
171
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes23.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
187
108
79
Year 8
183
101
82
Year 9
178
89
89
Year 10
187
96
91
Year 11
177
90
87
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
21.0%
47.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
3.0%
12.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
63.0%
21.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
5.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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