Our Lady's Catholic College
Secondary school in Lancaster, Lancashire. Requires improvement (Mar 2024).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 26 March 2024, report published 19 May 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Sixth form | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around September 2026
The last inspection was in March 2024. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby secondary schools
- 0.6 milesLancaster Girls' Grammar School
Good (Sep 2022)
- 0.7 milesLancaster Royal Grammar School
Report card, Jun 2026: 2 exceptional, 5 strong
- 0.8 milesLancaster High School
Good (Sep 2023)
- 1.1 milesRipley St Thomas Church of England Academy
Outstanding (Dec 2022)
- 2.4 milesMorecambe Bay Academy
Good (Sep 2023)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.