Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

West LancashireConstituency

WN8 6JWPostcode

2.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Lancashire, North West.

It currently serves 786 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 38.1
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 26%
EBacc average point score: 3.33

Ethnicity

White

93%

Asian

<1%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

786

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

43%

England average

27%

First language not English

15%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 786
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
16 Jun 2025	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Not judged
10 Oct 2023	Inadequate	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Inadequate
30 Jan 2020	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.