Our Lady's Catholic High School is a secondary school located in Preston. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 29/11/2012. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.4%, which is 0.6 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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St Anthony's Drive, Preston

School Information

Address: St Anthony's Drive, Preston, PR2 3SQ
Website: http://www.olchs.lancs.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01772326900
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Lancashire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Nigel Ranson
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 119779

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 29/11/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 904
Number of Pupils: 908
Number of Boys: 442
Number of Girls: 466

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 6% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Above Average: 0.39 Confidence interval 0.2 to 0.58
Of the 175 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 175 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:37%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:59%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:54.7
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.65
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School
St Anthonys Drive , Fulwood PR2 3SQ
3out of 4 162 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Fulwood and Cadley Primary School
Cadley Causeway , Fulwood PR2 3QT
3out of 4 400 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Queen's Drive Primary School
Black Bull Lane , Fulwood PR2 3LA
4out of 4 809 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
The Roebuck School
Inkerman Street , Ashton PR2 2BN
2out of 4 1,315 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Ingol Community Primary School
Whitby Avenue , Ingol PR2 3YP
3out of 4 1,428 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Our Lady's Catholic High School
St Anthony's Drive , Fulwood PR2 3SQ
4out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Fulwood Academy
Black Bull Lane , PR2 9YR
1out of 4 803 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Corpus Christi Catholic High School
St Vincent's Road , Fulwood PR2 8QY
3out of 4 1,451 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Archbishop Temple School, A Church of England Specialist College
St Vincent's Road , Fulwood PR2 8RA
4out of 4 1,557 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Ashton Community Science College
Aldwych Drive , Ashton PR2 1SL
3out of 4 2,214 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Preston College
Fulwood Campus , St Vincent's Road PR2 8UR
- not rated 1,824 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Pius X Preparatory School
200 Garstang Road , Fulwood PR2 8RD
- not rated 1,108 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Moorbrook School
Ainslie Road , Fulwood PR2 3DB
3out of 4 1,187 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Lancashire Education Medical Services
Childrens Ward 7 Royal Preston Hospital , Sharoe Green Lane PR2 9HT
- not rated 1,890 yd Miscellaneous Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Abrar Academy
34-36 Garstang Road , PR1 1NA
- not rated 2,046 yd Other independent school No Boys More About School
Larches High School
Moor Park , PR1 6AA
3out of 4 2,453 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.