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Voluntary aided school · Lancashire

All Hallows Catholic High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 911Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 119802URN

Crabtree Avenue, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0LN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2023 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.3per place
0.8 above Lancashire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LancashireSelective

565 applications for 171 places · 17th of 81 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
53.6of 90
16th of 81 in Lancashire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 8 February 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding

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
3.3applications per place, Year 7
0.8 above Lancashire median (2.5) 1.1 above England median (2.2)

565 applications · 171 places offered · 201 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 2.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.7
  9. 2018 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
  10. 2017 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
  11. 2016 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
  12. 2015 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.7
  13. 2014 2.8; 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 20261715653.32011.18
Sep 20251775443.12001.13
Sep 20241765853.32051.16
Sep 20231785202.92131.20
Sep 20221754962.81861.06
Sep 20211765152.91781.01
Sep 20201785783.32171.22
Sep 20191785533.11951.10
Sep 20181765813.32011.14
Sep 20171765303.01831.04
Sep 20161785263.01931.08
Sep 20151745333.11921.10
Sep 20141794982.81811.01

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

181 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)53.616th of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths58%15th of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths80%
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.70
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)18153.658%80%–
2024/2518655.658%81%–
2023/2417757.564%83%+0.70
2022/2318252.852%84%+0.27

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
119802 · 888/4741
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
890 pupils · 911 on roll
Free school meals
10.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Crabtree Avenue, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0LN
Local authority
Lancashire · South Ribble

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