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Tarleton Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 674Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 137768URN

Hesketh Lane, Tarleton, Preston, PR4 6AQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodDec 2014
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jul 2023
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.3 below Lancashire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LancashireSelective

304 applications for 137 places · 57th of 81 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
42.5of 90
48th of 81 in Lancashire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodDec 2014
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jul 2023

Inspection history

  1. 13 July 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 4 December 2014
    Graded inspection: Good

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

304 applications · 137 places offered · 129 named it first

  1. 2026 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.7
  9. 2018 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  10. 2017 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
  11. 2016 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
  12. 2015 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.7
  13. 2014 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
More applications per place than the Lancashire median in 0 of 13 years.
  • 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 20261373042.21290.94
Sep 20251313172.41170.89
Sep 20241433002.11250.87
Sep 20231342932.21060.79
Sep 20221483272.21491.01
Sep 20211443012.11330.92
Sep 20201403272.31190.85
Sep 20191493442.31330.89
Sep 20181503302.21380.92
Sep 20171362692.01160.85
Sep 20161142332.0990.87
Sep 20151042152.1880.85
Sep 2014972402.51081.11

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

137 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)42.548th of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths39%42nd of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths66%
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.28
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)13742.539%66%–
2024/2512846.348%73%–
2023/2413347.443%72%+0.28
2022/2312948.554%75%+0.18

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

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  • 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 converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137768 · 888/4178
Trust
Endeavour Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
750 pupils · 674 on roll
Free school meals
20.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 2012
Replaced
Tarleton High School, A Community Technology College (URN 119752)
Address
Hesketh Lane, Tarleton, Preston, PR4 6AQ
Local authority
Lancashire · West Lancashire

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