Our Lady's Catholic College
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–18 · Lancaster, Lancashire
Our Lady's Catholic College is a secondary school in Lancaster, Lancashire for ages 11–18 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 26 March 2024.
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Key facts
- Address
- Morecambe Road, Lancaster, LA1 2RX
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Lancashire
- Pupils on roll
- 981 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 26 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils value the sense of community and friendship that they find at Our Lady’s Catholic College.”
- “They enjoy the calm and purposeful atmosphere that permeates the school site.”
- “Pupils and staff recognise the considerable improvements to the school that have taken place over the last few years.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils in key stages 3 and 4 do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “This is because they have not benefited fully from the school’s newly refined curriculum.”
- “However, at times, the learning activities that teachers design do not support pupils to retain information or to connect new learning with what they know already.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 35% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.3 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 132 first-preference applications, 166 offers in total, 131 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
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Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Lancashire.
- Lancaster Girls' Grammar School 0.6 mi Good
- Lancaster Royal Grammar School 0.7 mi Good
- Lancaster High School 0.8 mi Good
- Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Morecambe Bay Academy 2.4 mi Good
- Bay Leadership Academy 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Carnforth High School 5.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Garstang Community Academy 11.5 mi Requires improvement