St Bede's Catholic High School, Lytham
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Mixed · Lancashire
Talbot Road, Lytham St Annes, FY8 4JL
72
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 11/02/2025
Application demand
85%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.5%
18.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
817
Capacity used
Nearly full99%
825 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
85%
1st preference success rate
160 of 188 families who put it first got an offer
161
Places offered
521
Total applications
3.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 188 | 160 | ● 85% |
| 2nd preference | 264 | 1 | ● 0% |
| 3rd preference | 69 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 521 | 161 | 31% |
1st preference success by year
Lancashire lets families list 3 preferences. 50 applications came from outside the council area (21 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Paul Marsden
- Address
- Talbot Road, Lytham, Lytham St Annes, FY8 4JL
- Phone
- 01253737174
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Ward / constituency
- Lytham East · Fylde
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 119788
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 15% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 3% | — | — |
| SEN support | 4% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
817 pupils · 825 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
11 February 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good - 23
16 November 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 850 pupils
Attendance
92.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
18.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 50.2 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.17 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 55% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 75% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.34 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 48.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 48.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 71.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 30.5% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.23 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 164 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 161 | 16% | 54% | 78% | |
| English Language | 161 | 22% | 62% | 79% | |
| English Literature | 159 | 23% | 66% | 77% | |
| Religious Studies | 155 | 25% | 52% | 69% | |
| Combined Science | 120 | 4% | 43% | 73% | |
| History | 105 | 27% | 57% | 71% | |
| Geography | 73 | 33% | 63% | 75% | |
| French | 65 | 15% | 46% | 60% | |
| Physical Education | 54 | 9% | 37% | 52% | |
| Art and Design | 44 | 25% | 73% | 93% | |
| Biology | 38 | 39% | 95% | 95% | |
| Physics | 37 | 51% | 97% | 97% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Lancashire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.