Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in LancashireSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry480 applications · 161 places offered · 159 named it first
- 2026 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2021 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2020 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.8
- 2019 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2018 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2017 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2016 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2015 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2014 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
- This school
- Lancashire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 161 | 480 | 3.0 | 159 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2025 | 160 | 502 | 3.1 | 166 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2024 | 158 | 496 | 3.1 | 175 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2023 | 156 | 505 | 3.2 | 158 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2022 | 158 | 440 | 2.8 | 139 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2021 | 153 | 455 | 3.0 | 152 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2020 | 152 | 483 | 3.2 | 160 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2019 | 154 | 480 | 3.1 | 154 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 154 | 524 | 3.4 | 173 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2017 | 154 | 525 | 3.4 | 193 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2016 | 154 | 466 | 3.0 | 168 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2015 | 152 | 425 | 2.8 | 129 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2014 | 156 | 411 | 2.6 | 168 | 1.08 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 160 | 55.4 | 63% | 86% | – |
| 2024/25 | 159 | 52.9 | 55% | 74% | – |
| 2023/24 | 159 | 57.5 | 72% | 86% | +0.57 |
| 2022/23 | 154 | 59.5 | 69% | 92% | +0.73 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Penwortham Girls' High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20243.0applications per place 55.4Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · LancashireStandards maintained20253.4applications per place 47.0Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · LancashireOutstanding20233.3applications per place 53.6Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · LancashireSerious weaknesses 20262.2applications per place 41.0Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · LancashireRemains Good20232.1applications per place 47.6Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · Lancashire20262.8applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · LancashireRemains Outstanding20241.6applications per place 54.5Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · LancashireRemains Outstanding20221.7applications per place 61.7Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · Lancashire20263.5applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 119765 · 888/4332
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 800 pupils · 799 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Cop Lane, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0SR
- Local authority
- Lancashire · South Ribble
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources