Holy Cross Catholic High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B70
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Chorley, PR7 3LS
- Distance
- 0.9km away
Albany Academy
Bolton Road, Chorley, PR7 3AY
Local ranking42nd of 80 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
756
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 43.7 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 33.6% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 55.2% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 14.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.7 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 143
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Continued in education
- 76.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 722
- Boys
- 384 (53%)
- Girls
- 338 (47%)
- Capacity
- 756 (96% full)
- SEND
- 20.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.5%
- EAL
- 6.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.0%
- SEN Support
- 15.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 43.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,592/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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: 90.3%
- Asian Other: 2.6%
- White Other: 1.6%
- Other: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.6%
- Mixed Other: 0.4%
90.3%
White British
2.6%
Asian Other
1.6%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 138544
- UKPRN
- 10038067
- Establishment No.
- 4403
- Trust
- ALBANY LEARNING TRUST
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