Academy@Worden
Academy converter · 660 pupils
74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2
Voluntary aided school
Our Lady's Catholic High School
- Pupils on roll
- 902of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 17.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 180
- Ofsted
- Good, 28 September 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Our Lady's Catholic High School has no sixth form. Of the 177 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 50% moved to a sixth form college, 22% to a further education college and 6% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 50% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 28% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
11% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Lancashire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 177 | 13,296 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 76% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 3% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 50% | 20% | 13% |
| — further education college | 22% | 48% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 11% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 50.0 | 45.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 29% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.22 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 17% | 26% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.7 | 32.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 53.4 | 49.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 11% | 12% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 177 | 98% | 89% | 21% | 20% | 82% |
| Mathematics | 176 | 98% | 88% | 16% | 22% | 76% |
| Religious Studies | 175 | 97% | 31% | 40% | 32% | 81% |
| English Literature | 165 | 92% | 86% | 25% | 21% | 85% |
| Combined Science | 145 | 81% | 65% | 8% | 9% | 68% |
| Geography | 83 | 46% | 41% | 28% | 25% | 77% |
| History | 72 | 40% | 41% | 18% | 26% | 68% |
| Art and Design | 63 | 35% | 7% | 19% | 24% | 94% |
| Business Studies | 58 | 32% | 18% | 21% | 20% | 69% |
| French | 51 | 28% | 18% | 27% | 29% | 82% |
| Sociology | 50 | 28% | 4% | 22% | 21% | 72% |
| Design and Technology | 47 | 26% | 11% | 11% | 23% | 70% |
| Computer Science | 44 | 24% | 13% | 9% | 30% | 43% |
| Biology | 32 | 18% | 23% | 59% | 45% | 94% |
| Chemistry | 31 | 17% | 23% | 68% | 47% | 97% |
| Physics | 31 | 17% | 23% | 65% | 46% | 97% |
| Physical Education | 29 | 16% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 72% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 20 | 11% | 8% | 55% | 21% | 100% |
| Spanish | 19 | 11% | 19% | 16% | 27% | 68% |
| Music | 14 | 8% | 5% | 29% | 33% | 79% |
| Drama | 8 | 4% | 7% | 25% | 27% | 88% |
| Polish | 8 | 4% | 1% | 88% | 84% | 100% |
| Dance | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 27% | — |
| Fine Art | 1 | 1% | 9% | — | 28% | — |
| Gujarati | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 57% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 24 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 22 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 20 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Lancashire
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Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School
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76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7
Alder Grange School
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82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.0
All Hallows Catholic High School
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82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.6
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.