Voluntary aided school

All Hallows Catholic High School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth form · Roman CatholicLancashire, North West · Preston PR1 0LNSchool website
Pupils on roll
911of 890 places
Free school meals
10.1%
Year 11 cohort 2025
186
Ofsted
Outstanding, 8 February 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

All Hallows Catholic High School has no sixth form. Of the 182 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 54% moved to a sixth form college, 25% to a further education college and 8% started an apprenticeship.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 54% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.

GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 55.6 against 46.1 across England and 45.1 in Lancashire, with 58% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 8% of leavers started one, roughly twice the England figure of 3%.

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.

This school
Lancashire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolLancashireEngland
Pupils in the cohort18213,296607,348
Any sustained destination93%90%92%
Stayed in education82%81%86%
— school sixth form2%12%34%
— sixth form college54%20%13%
— further education college25%48%37%
— other education1%2%2%
Apprenticeship8%5%3%
Employment4%4%3%
No sustained destination4%7%6%
Destination unknown3%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolLancashireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)55.645.146.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths58%44%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths81%64%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects25%34%41%
EBacc average point score4.743.954.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort11%26%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils49.932.734.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils56.349.350.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language8%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Literature18499%86%38%21%87%
Mathematics18499%88%22%22%86%
English Language18499%89%40%20%89%
Religious Studies18398%31%33%32%83%
Combined Science14075%65%16%9%80%
History10758%41%36%26%79%
Design and Technology6635%11%21%23%91%
Geography6535%41%26%25%77%
Physics4424%23%41%46%91%
Chemistry4424%23%48%47%93%
Biology4424%23%48%45%93%
Spanish3418%19%44%27%100%
Food Preparation and Nutrition2815%8%14%21%89%
Art and Design2513%7%40%24%100%
Computer Science2513%13%24%30%76%
French2413%18%38%29%67%
Physical Education137%11%31%24%100%
Polish63%1%100%84%100%
Dance11%1%27%
Italian11%0%53%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports Studies38
Computer Appreciation / Introduction21
Speech and Drama17
Dance: General13
Small Business Management13
Music performance: Group6

Other secondary schools in Lancashire

Academy@Worden

Academy converter · 660 pupils

74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2

Accrington Academy

Academy sponsor led · 953 pupils

79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.4

Albany Academy

Academy converter · 725 pupils

76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7

Alder Grange School

Community school · sixth form · 899 pupils

82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.0

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.