Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College is a

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located in Skelmersdale in the

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. It is a

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administered by

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and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool. The school is currently designated as a

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. Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College offers GCSEs as programmes of study for pupils. The school also offers some vocational courses in conjunction with Myerscough College and West Lancashire College.

References

External links

Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College official website
Secondary schools in Lancashire Schools in the Borough of West Lancashire Catholic secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Liverpool Voluntary aided schools in England Skelmersdale {{Lancashire-school-stub