Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C59
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Preston, PR5 6PB
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Walton-Le-Dale High School
Brindle Road, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 6RN
Local ranking82nd of 82 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
785
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 15 March 2022. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Walton-le-Dale High School (URN 119743) since 1 April 2024. 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
- 33.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 18.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 35.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 133
Destinations
After GCSE 2023-24
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Continued in education
- 73.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 16.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 734
- Boys
- 333 (48%)
- Girls
- 355 (52%)
- Capacity
- 785 (88% full)
- SEND
- 19.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 36.5%
- EAL
- 12.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.1%
- SEN Support
- 15.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 43.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,276/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
- 12.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 39.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- 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: 82.3%
- White Other: 3.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.3%
- Asian Other: 2.3%
- Black African: 2.2%
- Other: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
82.3%
White British
3.6%
White Other
2.3%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 150510
- UKPRN
- 10094323
- Establishment No.
- 4034
- Trust
- ASPIRATIONAL FUTURES MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
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