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Fulwood Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 973Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 135936URN

Black Bull Lane, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 9YR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.2 below Lancashire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LancashireSelective

456 applications for 197 places · 50th of 81 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
43.8of 90
42nd of 81 in Lancashire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 6 June 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.3applications per place, Year 7
0.2 below Lancashire median (2.5) close to England median (2.2)

456 applications · 197 places offered · 138 named it first

  1. 2026 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 1.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 0.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 1.0; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 1.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 1.3; Lancashire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
  9. 2018 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
  10. 2017 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.7
  11. 2016 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.7
  12. 2015 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.7
  13. 2014 2.8; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261974562.31380.70
Sep 20251983561.8910.46
Sep 20241962901.5820.42
Sep 20232282000.9600.26
Sep 20221961981.0530.27
Sep 20211852211.2460.25
Sep 20201802321.3550.31
Sep 20191563142.0760.49
Sep 20181333542.71040.78
Sep 20171784162.31310.74
Sep 20161874092.21240.66
Sep 20151644142.51030.63
Sep 20141774972.81420.80

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

170 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)43.842nd of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths39%42nd of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths59%
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.37
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17043.839%59%–
2024/2513941.432%51%–
2023/2413537.927%47%−0.37
2022/2312935.223%47%−0.54

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

  • 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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
135936 · 888/6906
Trust
Dunstone Education Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,000 pupils · 973 on roll
Free school meals
43.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2009
Replaced
Fulwood High School and Arts College (URN 119742)
Address
Black Bull Lane, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 9YR
Local authority
Lancashire · Preston

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources