Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D53
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Colne, BB8 8JT
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Pendle Vale College
Oxford Road, Nelson, BB9 8LF
Local ranking38th of 80 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: Expected
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Continues as Pendle Vale College (URN 151753). Its page carries this history forward.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 42.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 32.2% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 54.1% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 48.8% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.7 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 205
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 91.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1042
- Boys
- 562 (54%)
- Girls
- 480 (46%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (99% full)
- SEND
- 14.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 34.4%
- EAL
- 32.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.0%
- SEN Support
- 10.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 66.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,724/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community 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
- Asian Pakistani: 84.8%
- White British: 7.6%
- Other: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.2%
- White Other: 1.1%
- Asian Other: 0.5%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.2%
84.8%
Asian Pakistani
7.6%
White British
2.9%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Oxford Road
Nelson, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 134989
- UKPRN
- 10017926
- Establishment No.
- 4799
Often compared with
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- D53Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High SchoolCompare side by side
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- F34Colne Primet AcademyCompare side by side
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- C58Marsden Heights Community CollegeCompare side by side
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Colne Primet Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F34
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Colne, BB8 8JF
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Marsden Heights Community College
Ofsted: Good
Score
C58
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Nelson, BB9 0PR
- Distance
- 2.5km away
Colne Park High School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D48
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Colne, BB8 7DP
- Distance
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Sir John Thursby Community College
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
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- Distance
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Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D46
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
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- Distance
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