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Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Voluntary aided
Station Road, Bamber Bridge, Preston PR5 6PB · st-maryshigh.lancs.sch.uk · 01772 339813
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · May 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 46.1
- average Attainment 8 score. Lancashire 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 772
- 97% of 800 places
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 22.8%
- First language not English
- 5.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 150 families put the school first and 159 places were offered; 89% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 159 | 150 | 0.9 | 89% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 155 | 173 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 160 | 172 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 160 | 129 | 0.8 | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 158 | 147 | 0.9 | 99% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.1, and 40.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Lancashire it was 45.1, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●46.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼40.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ●64.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼35.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.12 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1.5 | — |
| Sixth form college | 20.3 | −8.1 |
| Further education | 57.9 | +17.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.5 | −3.6 |
| Employment | 5.3 | −1.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.8 | −6.7 |
| Activity not captured | 3.8 | +2.4 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 14 May 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 13 May 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Jan 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (106 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 106
- 14% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied
based on 23 parents (22%) with SEND