Pendle Vale College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 9 2021 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
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Lancashire
Unique reference
134989
Address
Oxford Road, BB9 8LF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1042 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
53.9%
Girls
46.1%
First language not English
32.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
32.8%
Persistent absence
25.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.3%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 82.7%
White British 7.4%
Other 2.8%
Mixed 2.6%
Unclassified 2.5%
Other White 1.1%
Other Asian 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
African 0.2%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 49%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 32%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.4
Local authority average 45
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.73
Local authority average 3.94
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award34
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award45
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE37
BiologyGCSE81
ChemistryGCSE80
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE204
English LiteratureGCSE203
FrenchGCSE98
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Pendle Vale College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
203
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
226
2nd preference
209
3rd preference
120
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
187
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
8
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 classes21.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
201
110
91
Year 8
209
115
94
Year 9
208
119
89
Year 10
216
123
93
Year 11
208
95
113
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
81.1%
85.5%
Further education
91.0%
48.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
0.0%
11.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
20.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
5.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
7.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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