Longridge High School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
D48
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Preston, PR3 3AR
- Distance
- 0.2km away
St Cecilia's RC High School
Chapel Hill, Longridge, Preston, PR3 2XA
Local ranking26th of 80 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: Strong
Secondary
Phase
485
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 7 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 46.2 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 41.7% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.1% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 22.6% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.9 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 115
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 570
- Boys
- 284 (50%)
- Girls
- 286 (50%)
- Capacity
- 485 (118% full)
- SEND
- 9.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 30.4%
- EAL
- 9.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.8%
- SEN Support
- 7.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,844/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 84.5%
- White Other: 8.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Black African: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.5%
- Black Other: 0.5%
- White Irish: 0.4%
84.5%
White British
8.5%
White Other
2.0%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Chapel Hill
Preston, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119800
- UKPRN
- 10016913
- Establishment No.
- 4721
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