Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F37
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Skelmersdale, WN8 6JW
- Distance
- 0.2km away
Lathom High School
Officially Lathom High School : A Technology College
Glenburn Road, Skelmersdale, WN8 6JN
Local ranking53rd of 82 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
869
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 14 June 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 40.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 52.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 140
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 793
- Boys
- 400 (50%)
- Girls
- 406 (50%)
- Capacity
- 869 (93% full)
- SEND
- 19.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 46.9%
- EAL
- 11.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.4%
- SEN Support
- 16.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,206/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 83.1%
- White Other: 10.6%
- Other: 3.7%
- Black Other: 0.9%
- Mixed Other: 0.6%
- Black African: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.3%
83.1%
White British
10.6%
White Other
3.7%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Glenburn Road
Skelmersdale, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119774
- UKPRN
- 10016347
- Establishment No.
- 4411
- Trust
- The Lathom Trust
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