Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College is a secondary school located in Skelmersdale. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 01/07/2015. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.8%, which is 2.8 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Glenburn Road, Skelmersdale, WN8 6JW
Website: http://www.olqp.org.uk/
Telephone: 01695725635
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Lancashire
Headteacher / Principal: Miss A Knight
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 119782

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 01/07/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 925
Number of Pupils: 892
Number of Boys: 437
Number of Girls: 455

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 19.3% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.9 Confidence interval -1.09 to -0.71
Of the 180 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 179 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:54%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:97%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:23%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:38.6
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.12
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Cobbs Brow School
Manfield , Ashurst WN8 6SU 		4out of 4 745 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Crow Orchard Primary School
School Lane , WN8 8QG 		3out of 4 1,039 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Trinity Church of England/Methodist School
Kiln Lane , WN8 8PW 		3out of 4 1,345 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School
St James' Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale
Ashurst Road , Ashurst WN8 6TN 		3out of 4 1,402 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School
Windrows , New Church Farm WN8 8NP 		3out of 4 1,451 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College
Glenburn Road , WN8 6JW 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Lathom High School : A Technology College
Glenburn Road , WN8 6JN 		2out of 4 179 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Maharishi Free School
Cobbs Brow Lane , Lathom L40 6JJ 		3out of 4 1,113 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
West Lancashire Community High School
School Lane , Chapel House WN8 8EH 		3out of 4 1,403 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Kingsbury Primary Special School
School Lane , Chapel House WN8 8EH 		4out of 4 1,518 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Elm Tree Community Primary School
Elmers Wood Road , Tanhouse WN8 6SA 		4out of 4 2,841 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Learn 4 Life School
Quarry Bank Community Centre, 364 Ormskirk Road , WN8 9AL 		- not rated 3,073 yd Other independent special school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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