All Hallows Catholic High School
Crabtree Avenue, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0LN
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alison Cooper
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Liverpool
- Constituency
- South Ribble
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 890
- Pupils on roll
- 911
- URN
- 119802
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01772746121
About this school
All Hallows Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided secondary school in Preston. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 911 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 182 | 177 | 186 |
| Attainment 8 score | 52.8 | 57.5 | 55.6 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.27 +0.06 to +0.48 | +0.70 +0.49 to +0.91 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 52% | 64.4% | 57.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 84% | 82.5% | 81.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 31% | 24.9% | 24.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
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 All Hallows 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 | 52.8 | 38.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 57.5 | 37.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 55.6 | 37 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 910 |
| 2023/24 | 912 |
| 2024/25 | 910 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How All Hallows Catholic High School compares
All Hallows Catholic High School ranked 9th of 81 secondary schools in Lancashire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 88% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 55.6 | 5.3% | 9.9% | 911 | — |
| Penwortham Priory Academy | 43.2 | 8.7% | 26.1% | 745 | 0.7 miles |
| Penwortham Girls' High School | 52.9 | 5.9% | 17.1% | 799 | 0.8 miles |
| Hutton Church of England Grammar School | 50.1 | 6.6% | 14.2% | 807 | 1.1 miles |
| Ashton Community Science College | 44.6 | 6.8% | 37.4% | 837 | 2.2 miles |
| Christ The King Catholic High School | 35.9 | 9.2% | 46.4% | 446 | 2.3 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)
- 9.89%
- English as an additional language
- 4.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.25%
- Persistent absence
- 11.92%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Penwortham Priory Academy0.7 miles
Secondary · Preston
-
Penwortham Girls' High School0.8 miles
Secondary · Preston
-
Hutton Church of England Grammar School1.1 miles
Secondary · Preston
-
Ashton Community Science College2.2 miles
Secondary · Preston
-
Christ The King Catholic High School2.3 miles
Secondary · Preston
Other schools in Preston
All Hallows Catholic High School ranks 3rd of the 22 ranked secondary schools in Preston.
- Archbishop Temple Church of England High School Secondary
- Ashton Community Science College Secondary
- Broughton High School Secondary
- Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School Secondary
- Carr Hill High School Secondary
- Christ The King Catholic High School Secondary
- Corpus Christi Catholic High School Secondary
- Eden Boys' School, Preston Secondary
- Fulwood Academy Secondary
- Garstang Community Academy Secondary
- Hutton Church of England Grammar School Secondary
- Longridge High School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does All Hallows Catholic High School teach?
- All Hallows Catholic High School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Preston.
- Who is the headteacher of All Hallows Catholic High School?
- The headteacher of All Hallows Catholic High School is Mrs Alison Cooper, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was All Hallows Catholic High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected All Hallows 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 All Hallows Catholic High School?
- All Hallows Catholic High School has 911 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is All Hallows Catholic High School full?
- All Hallows Catholic High School has capacity for 890 pupils and 911 on roll (102%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is All Hallows Catholic High School a faith school?
- Yes. All Hallows Catholic High School is designated Roman Catholic, in the Archdiocese of Liverpool.
- Is All Hallows Catholic High School a selective school?
- No. All Hallows Catholic High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have All Hallows Catholic High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 52.8 in 2022/23 and 55.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does All Hallows Catholic High School rank locally?
- All Hallows Catholic High School ranked 9th of 81 secondary schools in Lancashire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 88% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is All Hallows Catholic High School's absence rate?
- All Hallows Catholic High School's overall absence rate is 5.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are All Hallows Catholic High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, All Hallows 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.