St Cecilia's RC High School
Ofsted: Strong
Score
C60
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Preston, PR3 2XA
- Distance
- 0.2km away
Longridge High School
Preston Road, Longridge, Preston, PR3 3AR
Local ranking74th of 82 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
859
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 21 September 2021. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Longridge High School (URN 119749) since 1 October 2023. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 51.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 50.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 73.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 149
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 75.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 9.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 814
- Boys
- 387 (48%)
- Girls
- 423 (52%)
- Capacity
- 859 (94% full)
- SEND
- 16.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 33.8%
- EAL
- 5.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.5%
- SEN Support
- 15.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 51.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,996/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
- 8.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.7% 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
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- White British: 85.7%
- White Other: 4.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.6%
- Asian Indian: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.0%
- Asian Other: 1.0%
85.7%
White British
4.1%
White Other
1.6%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 150092
- UKPRN
- 10093265
- Establishment No.
- 4168
- Trust
- THE BAY LEARNING TRUST
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