Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Sept 27 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
1287 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
50.7%
Girls
49.3%
First language not English
15.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.6%
Persistent absence
31.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 73.6%
Pakistani 8.2%
Other White 6.1%
Other Asian 4.9%
Mixed 4.2%
Indian 0.7%
Other 0.6%
African 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.25
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 29%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.4
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.49
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award38
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE18
BiologyGCSE24
ChemistryGCSE22
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE29
Design & TechnologyGCSE80
DanceGCSE8
English LanguageGCSE242
English LiteratureGCSE240
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
246
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
261
2nd preference
353
3rd preference
204
From another Local Authority
24
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
236
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
16
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 classes23.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
253
119
134
Year 8
250
123
127
Year 9
282
151
131
Year 10
255
134
121
Year 11
247
125
122
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
74.0%
81.7%
85.6%
Further education
71.0%
49.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
2.0%
11.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
20.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
8.0%
5.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
9.0%
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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