Secondary
Our Lady's Catholic College
Morecambe Road, Lancaster, LA1 2RX
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 981 of 1148 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.5
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Lancaster
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 70.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 100.8
- Pupils per adult
- 10.0
- Pupils
- 1,012
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2024
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
September 2021
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
35%
27 points below the Lancaster average (62% across 5 schools)
41.3
13.7 below the Lancaster average (55.0 across 5 schools)
5th of 5 by our score, among the secondary schools in Lancaster we can score - 6 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 41.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.31 |
| Entered the EBacc | 8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% |
| A level average points per entry | 27.26 |
| A level students | 53 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 26% |
| 22/23 | 31% |
| 23/24 | 29% |
| 24/25 | 35% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 34.4 |
| 22/23 | 30.0 |
| 23/24 | 28.4 |
| 24/25 | 27.3 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.76 |
| 22/23 | -0.40 |
| 23/24 | -0.51 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 36.2 |
| 22/23 | 38.2 |
| 23/24 | 37.7 |
| 24/25 | 41.3 |
Morecambe Road, Lancaster, LA1 2RX
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Lancashire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Helen Seddon
- Address
- Morecambe Road, Lancaster, LA1 2RX
- Telephone
- 0152466689