Holy Cross Catholic High School

Term dates

Voluntary aided schools can set their own term dates. Many follow Lancashire council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Lancashire's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 216 families put this school as their first choice, and 189 places were offered. 176 of the families who put it first got a place (81%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Short (ungraded) inspection, 15 September 2022: School remains Good.

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Voluntary aided school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–16

Pupils

976 (capacity 975)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Diocese

Archdiocese of Liverpool

Phone

01257262093

Address

Myles Standish Way, Chorley, PR7 3LS

Website

holycross.lancs.sch.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports