Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood, Fleetwood

Ofsted's report card from its 21 April 2026 inspection grades Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood on 6 areas: 4 expected standard and 2 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have prioritised attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "In recent years, leaders have ensured that the curriculum is well structured and sequenced."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "The school's ambition for all pupils to be equally included in all aspects of school life is championed by all staff."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders at all levels have pupils at the heart of their approach to leading this school."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Leaders' actions to strengthen the curriculum have led to improvements in the quality of pupils' work in some curriculum areas."

Personal development and wellbeing - Needs attention. "Pupils do not develop sufficient depth of understanding about some important aspects of life in modern Britain."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should improve the consistency of teaching across subjects so that pupils learn equally well across the curriculum"; "Leaders should ensure that improvements to the curriculum lead to positive trends in pupils' achievement"; "Leaders should ensure that pupils develop an understanding of fundamental British values and protected characteristics".

In its own words: "by all we say and in all we do. This calling shapes every aspect of our school life: We strive to reflect Christ’s love and truth in how we learn, teach, and grow together. Our commitment to this Mission is embodied in the values of GRACE , which guide us in making Christ known ."

From the headteacher's welcome: "I am delighted to be able to welcome you to Cardinal Allen Catholic High School. We are an inclusive learning community, living each day to make Christ known. Each one of our pupils is a unique individual who has, regardless of any characteristic, as much right to the same care, love, and attention as the next."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, rugby, cross-country, dance, drama, choir, STEM, art, debating and homework club.

In 2026, pupils at Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.2 in Lancashire and 47 across England.

44% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Lancashire and 47% in England.

That is up from 43.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.42: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 36.7, against 49.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 13 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 140 families put Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood as their first choice and 358 named it as one of their preferences, for 162 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 9 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood are Fleetwood High School (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 37); Millfield School (3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.5); Saint Aidan's Church of England High School (3.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.4); and Montgomery Academy (3.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.9).

Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Of the 147 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 78% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 48% to a further education college, 10% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

4.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 121 pupils (15.7%) received SEN support and 11 (1.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Broadwater (Blackpool Tramway), about 240 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cardinal Allen HS (by), 80 metres away.

In 2024/25, Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood issued 116 suspensions, 14.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 6 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood are Larkholme Primary School (0.1 miles), Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School (0.5 miles), Charles Saer Community Primary School (0.9 miles) and St Wulstan's and St Edmund's Catholic Academy (1 mile). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.