UK Schools
Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood
Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Fleetwood, Lancashire County Council, teaching 769 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded achievement as Needs attention at its most recent inspection in April 2026. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 43.5 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 5 January 2026 to 13 April 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood.
Scale: Exceptional Strong standard Expected standard Needs attention Urgent improvement
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood.
- 1–2 Staff Inset Days
- 3 School re-opens for pupils
- 24–31 Autumn Half Term Break
- 19 School closes for Christmas Holidays
- 5 School reopens for Spring Term
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Break
- 26 School closes for Easter Holidays
- 27 Staff Inset Day
- 3 Good Friday (Bank Holiday)
- 6 Easter Monday (Bank Holiday)
- 13 School reopens for Summer Term
- 4 May Day Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Break
- 17 School closes for Summer Holidays
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff Inset Days September 1-2, 2025 Inset Day
- School re-opens for pupils September 3, 2025 Event
- Autumn Half Term Break October 24-31, 2025 Holiday
- School closes for Christmas Holidays December 19, 2025 Holiday
- School reopens for Spring Term January 5, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Break February 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- School closes for Easter Holidays March 26, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Inset Day March 27, 2026 Inset Day
- Good Friday (Bank Holiday) April 3, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday (Bank Holiday) April 6, 2026 Holiday
- School reopens for Summer Term April 13, 2026 Term
- May Day Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Break May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- School closes for Summer Holidays July 17, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood with Lancashire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 43.5 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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Attendance 19% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 92% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.