Our Lady's Catholic High School
Secondary schoolOur Lady's Catholic High School is a secondary school in Preston, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 902 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), September 2022
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 28 September 2022
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Our Lady's Catholic High School was 54.9, against 49.9 in Preston and 46.2 in England.
54.7% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Preston | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 54.9 | 49.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 54.7% | 53% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 77.3% | 71.1% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 181 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, PrestonPrimary. Good (overall), May 2024, before the school changed150 m
- Fulwood and Cadley Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding not met, special measures. 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)370 m
- Fulwood AcademySecondary. Good (overall), June 2023. Attainment 8 of 43.8 (2025/26, provisional)740 m
- Queen's Drive Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)740 m
- St Pius X Preparatory SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1 km
- Moorbrook SchoolSpecial. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Preston
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).