Academy sponsor led · Secondary
Skelmersdale · WN8 6JW · Lancashire
Ages 11–16
Status: Proposed to open
0.0 miles away
Open, but proposed to closeSecondaryURN 119782
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School
Voluntary aided school · Skelmersdale · WN8 6JW
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
786
Local authority
Lancashire
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, 786 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 42.6%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Archdiocese of Liverpool.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open, but proposed to close
- URN
- 119782
Location
- Address
- Glenburn Road
- Postcode
- WN8 6JW
- Town
- Skelmersdale
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- West Lancashire
- Constituency
- West Lancashire
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 786
- Boys / girls
- 399 / 387
- School capacity
- 1,047
- Capacity fill
- 786 / 1,047 (75%)
- Free school meals
- 42.6%
- FSM pupils
- 335
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Liverpool
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Mary Henshaw
- Telephone
- 01695725635
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-04-23
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 39.3
- Progress 8
- -0.7
- English & maths grade 5+
- 27%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 53%
- EBacc entry
- 32%
- EBacc APS
- 3.4