UK Schools
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Skelmersdale, Lancashire County Council, teaching 786 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded quality of education as Requires improvement at its most recent inspection in April 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 38.1 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 29 May 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School.
- 1 INSET Day
- 2 INSET Day
- 3 First Day of Autumn Term
- 27–31 Autumn Mid Term Closure
- 3 INSET Day
- 4 School Re-opens After Half Term
- 28 INSET Day
- 19 School Closes for Christmas Holiday
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday (approx two weeks)
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday (approx two weeks)
- 5 First Day of Spring Term
- 16–20 Spring Mid Term Closure
- 23 School Re-opens After Half Term
- 27 School Closes for Easter Holiday
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 13 First Day of Summer Term
- 4 May Day Closure
- 25–29 Summer Mid Term Closure
- 17 School Closes for Summer Holiday
- 18–31 Summer Holiday (approx six weeks)
- 20 INSET Day
- 1–31 Summer Holiday (approx six weeks)
- 1 Summer Holiday (approx six weeks)
Key dates (2025–2026)
- INSET Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- INSET Day Sep 2, 2025 Inset Day
- First Day of Autumn Term Sep 3, 2025 Term
- Autumn Mid Term Closure Oct 27-31, 2025 Term
- INSET Day Nov 3, 2025 Inset Day
- School Re-opens After Half Term Nov 4, 2025 Holiday
- INSET Day Nov 28, 2025 Inset Day
- School Closes for Christmas Holiday Dec 19, 2025 Holiday
- First Day of Spring Term Jan 5, 2026 Term
- Spring Mid Term Closure Feb 16-20, 2026 Term
- School Re-opens After Half Term Feb 23, 2026 Holiday
- School Closes for Easter Holiday Mar 27, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Mar 30-Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- First Day of Summer Term Apr 13, 2026 Term
- May Day Closure May 4, 2026 Event
- Summer Mid Term Closure May 25-29, 2026 Term
- School Closes for Summer Holiday Jul 17, 2026 Holiday
- INSET Day Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
- Christmas Holiday (approx two weeks) Dec 22, 2025-Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday (approx six weeks) Jul 18-Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School with Lancashire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 38.1 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Lancashire County Council England
Attendance 33.4% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Lancashire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 93% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Lancashire County Council England
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 Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School. 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 Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School 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.