Voluntary aided school · Lancashire

Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School

11–16Ages
786Pupils
SecondaryPhase
Roman CatholicReligious character
119782URN

Glenburn Road, Skelmersdale, WN8 6JW · School website

This school is due to be replaced by Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School.

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.9per place

0.6 below Lancashire median (2.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LancashireSelective

252 applications for 131 places · 65th of 81 in Lancashire

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

39.5of 90

Lancashire 43.8 England 46.0

67th of 81 in Lancashire

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 23 April 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education			Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes			Requires improvement
Personal development			Requires improvement
Leadership and management			Requires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.9applications per place, Year 7

0.6 below Lancashire median (2.5) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

252 applications · 131 places offered · 72 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
2025 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
2024 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
2023 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
2022 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.5
2021 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
2020 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.8
2019 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.7
2018 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
2017 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
2016 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.7
2015 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
2014 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.6

More applications per place than the Lancashire median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
Lancashire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	131	252	1.9	72	0.55
Sep 2025	131	224	1.7	69	0.53
Sep 2024	176	299	1.7	90	0.51
Sep 2023	180	352	2.0	160	0.89
Sep 2022	165	310	1.9	154	0.93
Sep 2021	184	336	1.8	199	1.08
Sep 2020	182	317	1.7	163	0.90
Sep 2019	182	335	1.8	201	1.10
Sep 2018	184	341	1.9	209	1.14
Sep 2017	173	294	1.7	158	0.91
Sep 2016	185	340	1.8	202	1.09
Sep 2015	182	309	1.7	201	1.10
Sep 2014	182	338	1.9	226	1.24

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

170 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)39.567th of 81 in Lancashire

Lancashire 43.8 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths24%76th of 81 in Lancashire

Lancashire 39% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths48%

Lancashire 64% England 66%

This school
Lancashire median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.73

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	170	39.5	24%	48%	–
2024/25	169	38.1	26%	49%	–
2023/24	175	39.3	27%	53%	−0.73
2022/23	175	38.8	26%	47%	−1.04

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High SchoolThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.9applications per place 39.5Attainment 8
Lathom High School : A Technology College
0.2 km · Lancashire

Good2022

2.4applications per place 41.6Attainment 8
Maharishi Free School
1.0 km · Lancashire

Graded · no overall grade2025

35.5Attainment 8
Ormskirk School
5.0 km · Lancashire

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.3applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
Burscough Priory Academy
5.6 km · Lancashire

Good2022

2.7applications per place 42.6Attainment 8
Rainford High School
6.1 km · St. Helens

2026

2.4applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
Up Holland High School
6.1 km · Lancashire

Remains Good2023

2.5applications per place 50.0Attainment 8
St Peter's Catholic High School
6.5 km · Wigan

Good2024

2.4applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
St Bede's Catholic High School
6.8 km · Lancashire

Graded · no overall grade2024

3.3applications per place 54.0Attainment 8

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Voluntary aided school
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 119782 · 888/4621
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Capacity: 1,047 pupils · 786 on roll
Free school meals: 42.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 January 1900
Address: Glenburn Road, Skelmersdale, WN8 6JW
Local authority: Lancashire · West Lancashire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources