Our Lady's Catholic High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C63
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Preston, PR2 3SQ
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Fulwood Academy
Black Bull Lane, Preston, PR2 9YR
Local ranking49th of 80 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1000
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.4 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 31.7% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 51.1% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 56.1% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.8 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 139
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 81.0%
- Continued in education
- 73.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 14.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 936
- Boys
- 462 (49%)
- Girls
- 474 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1000 (94% full)
- SEND
- 19.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 44.4%
- EAL
- 47.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.3%
- SEN Support
- 17.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 43.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,695/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 42.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 11.2%
- Black African: 10.4%
- White Other: 10.1%
- Asian Indian: 7.1%
- Asian Other: 5.7%
- Other: 3.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.4%
42.4%
White British
11.2%
Asian Pakistani
10.4%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Black Bull Lane
Preston, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 135936
- UKPRN
- 10027711
- Establishment No.
- 6906
- Trust
- DUNSTONE EDUCATION TRUST
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