Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F37
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Skelmersdale, WN8 6JW
- Distance
- 1.0km away
Maharishi Free School
Cobbs Brow Lane, Lathom, Ormskirk, L40 6JJ
Local ranking30th of 82 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
All-through
Phase
240
Capacity
4-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 8 July 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 8 July 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
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 35.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 21.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 36.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 19
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 224
- Boys
- 95 (41%)
- Girls
- 134 (59%)
- Capacity
- 240 (95% full)
- SEND
- 21.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 15.6%
- EAL
- 1.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.3%
- SEN Support
- 19.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,754/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
- 10.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 33.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 87.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 3.6%
- White Other: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.9%
- Black Caribbean: 0.9%
- Other: 0.9%
87.8%
White British
3.6%
Mixed White & Black African
1.8%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Cobbs Brow Lane
Ormskirk, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 137498
- UKPRN
- 10016827
- Establishment No.
- 6018
- Trust
- MAHARISHI SCHOOL TRUST LTD
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