St Mary's Catholic High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 22 2020 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
119816
Address
Royal Avenue, PR25 1BS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
811 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
52.2%
Girls
47.8%
First language not English
4.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.2%
Persistent absence
23.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81.1%
Unclassified 7.8%
Other White 4.1%
Mixed 4%
Other Asian 1%
African 0.6%
Chinese 0.6%
Other Black 0.5%
Irish 0.2%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.37
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 13%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.5
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.43
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award15
TourismTechnical Award49
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE30
BiologyGCSE25
ChemistryGCSE25
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE14
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
DanceGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE150
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

St Mary's Catholic High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
166
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
164
2nd preference
156
3rd preference
122
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
156
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes21.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
167
82
85
Year 8
169
90
79
Year 9
163
91
72
Year 10
162
85
77
Year 11
150
75
75
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
66.0%
49.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
1.0%
11.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
11.0%
20.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
9.0%
5.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
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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