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Voluntary aided school · Lancashire

Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 812Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 119785URN

Gibfield Road, Colne, BB8 8JT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.1per place
0.6 above Lancashire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LancashireSelective

556 applications for 179 places · 23rd of 81 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
41.5of 90
56th of 81 in Lancashire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 19 May 2026Published 30 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 19 May 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
  2. 10 October 2023
    Graded inspection: 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
3.1applications per place, Year 7
0.6 above Lancashire median (2.5) 0.9 above England median (2.2)

556 applications · 179 places offered · 193 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 3.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 3.9; Lancashire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 4.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
  9. 2018 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
  10. 2017 3.6; Lancashire median median 2.7
  11. 2016 3.8; Lancashire median median 2.7
  12. 2015 3.6; Lancashire median median 2.7
  13. 2014 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
More applications per place than the Lancashire median in 13 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 20261795563.11931.08
Sep 20251775323.01620.92
Sep 20241715413.21610.94
Sep 20231635173.21510.93
Sep 20221755233.01610.92
Sep 20211606063.81480.93
Sep 20201596123.91480.93
Sep 20191596344.01811.14
Sep 20181504953.31561.04
Sep 20171505383.61651.10
Sep 20161505703.81861.24
Sep 20151485303.61811.22
Sep 20141514623.11871.24

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

161 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)41.556th of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths42%37th of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths62%
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.45
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16141.542%62%–
2024/2516044.143%68%–
2023/2415541.636%56%−0.45
2022/2315141.737%54%−0.15

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
119785 · 888/4624
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
900 pupils · 812 on roll
Free school meals
31.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 1900
Address
Gibfield Road, Colne, BB8 8JT
Local authority
Lancashire · Pendle

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