Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School

GCSE results 2024/25

On Attainment 8 this school is around the middle of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is middle, which is where this one sits, it is in the better-performing half.

Progress 8 2023/24

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

Pupils

Pupils on roll

772

Places

800

How full

Nearly full — 772 of 800 places taken

Girls / boys

373 / 399

Overall absence

7%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

18%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years

23%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

6%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

1%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

11%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

88%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

77%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

6%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

4%

No sustained destination

9%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

149

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for South Ribble 008A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree

21%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

22%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

56%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

27%

England 17%

Households with no car

26%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

36%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

Voluntary aided school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

Ages 11–16

Gender

Mixed

Admissions

Non-selective

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Sixth form

No

Nursery

No

Boarding

Day school

Headteacher

Headteacher: Nicola Oddie

Local authority

Lancashire

Ward

Bamber Bridge East

Constituency

Ribble Valley

URN

119784

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.