Corpus Christi Catholic High School

Type Secondary
Age Range 11-16
Religion Roman Catholic
Address St Vincent's Road
Fulwood
Preston
Lancashire
PR2 8QY
Phone 01772716912
Reference Number 119780

Description

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Corpus Christi Catholic High School is located at St. Vincent's Road, PR2 8QY, near Preston in Lancashire, England. Established in 1955, it is a coeducational secondary school that is voluntary aided, operating under the auspices of Lancashire County Council and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster. The school has a strong Catholic ethos with a focus on promoting equality and dignity for each individual, encouraging growth in faith, knowledge, and stewardship.

The school's pupil body comprises students aged 11–16, with an enrollment of approximately 745 students as of December 2022. Corpus Christi offers a wide range of educational programs such as GCSEs, BTECs, and vocational courses, and it has a STEAM program that includes enrichment courses in science, technology, engineering, art, and math.

The school's mission reflects values such as justice, service, compassion, empathy, integrity, and forgiveness, emphasizing the spiritual, moral, and emotional development of students. It nurtures self-motivation, holistic development, and a commitment to continuous growth in faith and academic excellence.

Additionally, Corpus Christi is home to The Jack McLaughlin Engineering Centre, offeringstudy opportunities for engineering and auto-engineering. The school seeks to create an ethos in which every child succeeds and encounters no barriers to success.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 791
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.19%
Girls: 49.81%

Year Groups

Year Number of pupils
7 163
8 160
9 159
10 159
11 150

Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2019-04-04
Date Description Report
2019-02-27 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2017-12-19 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2016-11-10 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2015-01-26 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2014-09-30 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2014-05-07 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2013-11-26 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2013-07-19 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2013-04-17 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-05-02 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2011-03-30 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-03-02 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2008-04-01 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2004-02-02 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education
Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
44.9 Upgrade Upgrade

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 37% Upgrade Upgrade
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 59% Upgrade Upgrade

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
-0.01 Upgrade Upgrade

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

GCSE Results

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

2023 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference Upgrade Upgrade
Second Preference 184 22
Third Preference 207 11
From another Local Authority 0 0

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