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Voluntary aided school · Lancashire

Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 772Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 119784URN

Station Road, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 6PB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodNov 2015
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · May 2025
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.3 below Lancashire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LancashireSelective

363 applications for 159 places · 52nd of 81 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
44.4of 90
40th of 81 in Lancashire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodNov 2015
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · May 2025

Inspection history

  1. 14 May 2025
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
  2. 4 November 2015
    Graded inspection: Good

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
2.3applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Lancashire median (2.5) close to England median (2.2)

363 applications · 159 places offered · 150 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.7
  9. 2018 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
  10. 2017 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.7
  11. 2016 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
  12. 2015 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
  13. 2014 2.0; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261593632.31500.94
Sep 20251553772.41731.12
Sep 20241603662.31721.08
Sep 20231603942.51290.81
Sep 20221583112.01470.93
Sep 20211423102.21250.88
Sep 20201582831.81170.74
Sep 20191602871.81230.77
Sep 20181542791.81210.79
Sep 20171522911.91360.89
Sep 20161382742.01320.96
Sep 20151372692.01250.91
Sep 20141342742.01320.99

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

147 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.440th of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths37%52nd of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths61%
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.03
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14744.437%61%–
2024/2514546.141%65%–
2023/2413344.146%63%+0.03
2022/2314944.846%64%+0.01

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

  • 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
119784 · 888/4623
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
800 pupils · 772 on roll
Free school meals
22.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Station Road, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 6PB
Local authority
Lancashire · South Ribble

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