Secondary
St Cecilia's RC High School
Chapel Hill, Longridge, Preston, PR3 2XA
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 581 of 577 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 39.8
- Pupils per adult
- 14.1
- Pupils
- 562
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 January 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
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
October 2019
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)
GCSE results
42%
3 points below the Preston average (45% across 22 schools)
46.2
0.9 below the Preston average (47.1 across 22 schools)
9th of 22 by our score, among the secondary schools in Preston we can score - 27 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 | 46.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.93 |
| Entered the EBacc | 23% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42% |
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 | 38% |
| 22/23 | 42% |
| 23/24 | 43% |
| 24/25 | 42% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.30 |
| 22/23 | +0.11 |
| 23/24 | +0.12 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 45.1 |
| 22/23 | 47.3 |
| 23/24 | 45.5 |
| 24/25 | 46.2 |
Chapel Hill, Longridge, Preston, PR3 2XA
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 Hall
- Address
- Chapel Hill, Longridge, Preston, PR3 2XA
- Telephone
- 01772783074