Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School
Glenburn Road, Skelmersdale, WN8 6JW
This school is open but due to close.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mrs Mary Henshaw
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Liverpool
- Constituency
- West Lancashire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,047
- Pupils on roll
- 786
- URN
- 119782
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01695725635
About this school
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided secondary school in Skelmersdale. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 786 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 175 | 175 | 169 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.8 | 39.3 | 38.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.04 -1.25 to -0.83 | -0.73 -0.94 to -0.52 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 26% | 26.9% | 26% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 47% | 52.6% | 49.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 44% | 32% | 39.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lancashire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 38.8 | 38.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 39.3 | 37.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 38.1 | 37 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 915 |
| 2023/24 | 887 |
| 2024/25 | 849 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School compares
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School ranked 65th of 81 secondary schools in Lancashire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 33% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38.1 | 10.7% | 41.9% | 786 | — |
| Lathom High School : A Technology College | 41.5 | 10.5% | 46.9% | 806 | 0.1 miles |
| Ormskirk School | 42.4 | 11.8% | 21.2% | 1,169 | 3.1 miles |
| Burscough Priory Academy | 48.8 | 7.9% | 16.1% | 729 | 3.5 miles |
| Rainford High School | 50.6 | 6.5% | 15.7% | 1,646 | 3.8 miles |
| Up Holland High School | 48.8 | 8.3% | 23.9% | 874 | 3.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.93%
- English as an additional language
- 10.1%
- Overall absence
- 10.72%
- Persistent absence
- 33.37%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lathom High School : A Technology College0.1 miles
Secondary · Skelmersdale
-
Ormskirk School3.1 miles
Secondary · Ormskirk
-
Burscough Priory Academy3.5 miles
Secondary · Ormskirk
-
Rainford High School3.8 miles
Secondary · St Helens
-
Up Holland High School3.8 miles
Secondary · Wigan
Other schools in Skelmersdale
- Lathom High School : A Technology College Secondary
- Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School Secondary
- Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School Primary
- Brookfield Park Primary School Primary
- Cobbs Brow School Primary
- Crawford Village Primary School Primary
- Crow Orchard Primary School Primary
- Delph Side Community Primary School Primary
- Hillside Community Primary School Primary
- Holland Moor Primary School Primary
- Little Digmoor Primary School Primary
- Moorside Community Primary Academy School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School teach?
- Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Skelmersdale.
- Who is the headteacher of Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School?
- The headteacher of Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School is Mrs Mary Henshaw, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School?
- Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School has 786 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School a faith school?
- Yes. Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School is designated Roman Catholic, in the Archdiocese of Liverpool.
- Is Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School a selective school?
- No. Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 38.8 in 2022/23 and 38.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School rank locally?
- Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School ranked 65th of 81 secondary schools in Lancashire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 33% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School's absence rate?
- Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School's overall absence rate is 10.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.