Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
No rating
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
Blackburn with Darwen
Unique reference
150308
Address
North Road, BB1 1PY
Website
Not available

Pupils

Number of Pupils
821 (n/a of total capacity)
Boys
48.8%
Girls
51.2%
First language not English
33.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
43.7%
Persistent absence
42.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
26.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 49.5%
Pakistani 20.2%
Other White 12.8%
Unclassified 5.5%
Indian 4%
Mixed 2.2%
African 2.1%
Other Asian 1.5%
Other 1.3%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy

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
103
2nd preference
77
3rd preference
59
From another Local Authority
15
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
101
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
5
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 classes24.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
158
75
83
Year 8
169
93
76
Year 9
151
72
79
Year 10
181
89
92
Year 11
162
72
90
Year 2023-2024

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