Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Sept 26 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
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
147581
Address
Ormerod Road, BB10 3AA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1273 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
50.7%
Girls
49.3%
First language not English
17.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
34.2%
Persistent absence
30.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 69.7%
Pakistani 10.1%
Other White 6.6%
Other Asian 5.6%
Mixed 3.5%
African 1.2%
Other 1%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Indian 0.7%
Unclassified 0.3%
Other Black 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 26%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 27%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.5
Local authority average 45
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.25
Local authority average 3.94
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award47
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
BiologyGCSE30
ChemistryGCSE30
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE33
Design & TechnologyGCSE53
DanceGCSE6
English LanguageGCSE249
English LiteratureGCSE237
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
245
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
265
2nd preference
357
3rd preference
221
From another Local Authority
13
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
222
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
9
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 classes22.9
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
245
122
123
Year 8
248
118
130
Year 9
248
126
122
Year 10
281
152
129
Year 11
251
127
124
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
73.0%
81.1%
85.5%
Further education
67.0%
48.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
6.0%
11.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
20.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
SP
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
8.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
5.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
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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