St Bede's Catholic High School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Mixed · Lancashire
St Anne's Road, Ormskirk, L39 4TA
74
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 12/11/2024
Application demand
82%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.3%
14.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
709
Capacity used
Over capacity103%
689 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
82%
1st preference success rate
134 of 163 families who put it first got an offer
135
Places offered
387
Total applications
2.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 163 | 134 | ● 82% |
| 2nd preference | 123 | 1 | ● 1% |
| 3rd preference | 100 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences | 1 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 387 | 135 | 35% |
1st preference success by year
Lancashire lets families list 3 preferences. 55 applications came from outside the council area (5 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Daniel Morgan
- Address
- St Anne's Road, Ormskirk, L39 4TA
- Phone
- 01695570335
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Ward / constituency
- Ormskirk East · West Lancashire
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 119792
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 7% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 2% | — | — |
| SEN support | 8% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
709 pupils · 689 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
12 November 2024
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 719 pupils
Attendance
93.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
14.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.1%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 51.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.41 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 51% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 76% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.36 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 55 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 65.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 85.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 19.1% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.51 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 141 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.