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Voluntary aided school · Lancashire

Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood

  • 11–16Ages
  • 769Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 119799URN

Melbourne Avenue, Fleetwood, FY7 8AY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.3 below Lancashire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LancashireSelective

358 applications for 162 places · 58th of 81 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
46.0of 90
35th of 81 in Lancashire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 21 April 2026Published 10 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
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. 21 April 2026
    Report card · 4 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
  2. 2 February 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains 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
2.2applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Lancashire median (2.5) close to England median (2.2)

358 applications · 162 places offered · 140 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
  9. 2018 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
  10. 2017 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.7
  11. 2016 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.7
  12. 2015 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.7
  13. 2014 2.1; 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 20261623582.21400.86
Sep 20251593582.31340.84
Sep 20241703732.21340.79
Sep 20231643762.31440.88
Sep 20221653642.21430.87
Sep 20211664032.41520.92
Sep 20201643862.41430.87
Sep 20191643902.41480.90
Sep 20181653852.31701.03
Sep 20171653642.21570.95
Sep 20161653862.31881.14
Sep 20151653682.21801.09
Sep 20141663542.11981.19

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

155 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)46.035th of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths44%33rd of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths65%
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.42
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)15546.044%65%–
2024/2514943.538%63%–
2023/2414741.534%57%−0.42
2022/2315542.039%59%−0.32

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
119799 · 888/4718
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
800 pupils · 769 on roll
Free school meals
31.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 1900
Address
Melbourne Avenue, Fleetwood, FY7 8AY
Local authority
Lancashire · Wyre

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