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Holy Cross Catholic High School

URN
119803
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Holy Cross Catholic High School
URN
119803
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Strong

72 / 100

Strong

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

83

Inspection

55

Admissions Value

71

Destinations

49

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 50% of secondary schools in England

Top 50% nationally

#16 of 68 schools in Lancashire

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Holy Cross Catholic High School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Holy Cross Catholic High School

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
12 October 2022
Inspection date
15 September 2022
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Good

    Graded 12 October 2022

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

191

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

575

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

191

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

3.01×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Lancashire
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Lancashire)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.holycross.lancs.sch.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Lancashire to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

55.0

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

66.7%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

79.2%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

37.0%

EBacc achievement

Location

PR7 3LS - Myles Standish Way, Chorley, Lancashire

Contact details

Address
Myles Standish Way, Chorley, Lancashire
Postcode
PR7 3LS
Phone
1257262093
Website
http://www.holycross.lancs.sch.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Lancashire
Local authority code
888

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 1,046 schools in Lancashire.

Authority statistics

Total schools

1,046

Open schools

702

Closed schools

340

Primary schools

622

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    12 October 202215 September 2022-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 12 October 2022
    • School remains Good

      Published
      12 October 2022
      Inspected
      15 September 2022
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    33.2%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 180

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    24.0%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    81.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    5.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    4.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    8.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    159

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary622 (61.4%)
    • Secondary159 (15.7%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other232 (22.9%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Chorley470 mPrimaryOpen
    Westmorland School608 mNot applicableOpen
    Shaftesbury High School641 mNot applicableOpen
    Mayfield School690 mNot applicableOpen
    Chorley All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery Unit704 mPrimaryOpen
    St George's Church of England Primary School, Chorley793 mPrimaryOpen
    Duke Street Nursery School925 mNurseryOpen
    Albany Science College944 mSecondaryClosed
    Albany Academy944 mSecondaryOpen
    Duke Street Primary School1.0 kmPrimaryOpen
    • St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Chorley
      Distance
      470 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Westmorland School
      Distance
      608 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Shaftesbury High School
      Distance
      641 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Mayfield School
      Distance
      690 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open

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  • St George's Church of England Primary School, Chorley
    Distance
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    Phase
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  • Duke Street Nursery School
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    Phase
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  • Albany Science College
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    Distance
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    Postcode
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