Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College

Type Secondary
Age Range 11-16
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Glenburn Road
Skelmersdale
Lancashire
WN8 6JW
Phone 01695725635
Reference Number 119782

Description

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Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College, situated at Glenburn Road in Skelmersdale, England (WN8 6JW), is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school with a strong focus on engineering as its designated specialist area. As a voluntary aided institution, it receives support from both Lancashire County Council and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool.

With a motivating motto of "In Christ We Grow," the school aims to foster a holistic education in its roughly 894 students, ages 11 to 16, as of December 2022. The curriculum includes traditional GCSE programs, alongside vocational courses offered in partnership with Myerscough College and West Lancashire College. The school is headed by Mary Henshaw.

Organized into houses, students participate in programs under the names Arkwright, Brunel, Franklin, Stephenson, and Telford. The school's location within Lancashire provides its students with a rich local community, integrating engineering theory with real-world experience.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 915
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.62%
Girls: 50.38%

Year Groups

Year Number of pupils
7 187
8 195
9 177
10 180
11 176

Ofsted Rating Inadequate
Last Inspection Date 2023-10-11
Date Description Report
2023-06-27 School inspection: School inspection:
2020-01-14 School inspection: School inspection:
2015-06-30 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2014-03-28 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2011-02-16 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-11-26 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2008-02-27 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2006-10-09 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2005-02-07 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)
38.8 Upgrade Upgrade

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 26% Upgrade Upgrade
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 42% 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)
-1.03 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 129 11
Third Preference 63 0
From another Local Authority 2 0

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