St Bede's Catholic High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C68
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Ormskirk, L39 4TA
- Distance
- 1.9km away
Ormskirk School
Wigan Road, Ormskirk, L39 2AT
Local ranking50th of 82 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1590
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 7 January 2025. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Ormskirk School (URN 132834) since 1 October 2021. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
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
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 38.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 199
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Higher education
- 71.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 12.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D+
Avg A-Level Grade
24.7
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
26.4
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
63
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 19.4% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 28.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 143
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1212
- Boys
- 611 (52%)
- Girls
- 558 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1590 (74% full)
- SEND
- 16.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.2%
- EAL
- 5.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.6%
- SEN Support
- 14.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 71.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,022/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
- 11.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 33.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 90.7%
- White Other: 3.3%
- Asian Other: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Other: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.5%
- Asian Indian: 0.5%
- Asian Chinese: 0.5%
90.7%
White British
3.3%
White Other
1.3%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Wigan Road
Ormskirk, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 148254
- UKPRN
- 10087140
- Establishment No.
- 4028
- Trust
- ENDEAVOUR LEARNING TRUST
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