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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
Inspection history
- 26 March 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 3 March 2020Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry513 applications · 151 places offered · 164 named it first
- 2026 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 3.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 3.5; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2021 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2020 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.8
- 2019 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2018 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2017 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2016 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2015 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2014 3.5; 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 | 151 | 513 | 3.4 | 164 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2025 | 150 | 514 | 3.4 | 153 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2024 | 149 | 549 | 3.7 | 139 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2023 | 149 | 503 | 3.4 | 150 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2022 | 148 | 511 | 3.5 | 169 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2021 | 138 | 423 | 3.1 | 114 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2020 | 145 | 458 | 3.2 | 122 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2019 | 175 | 462 | 2.6 | 134 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2018 | 180 | 501 | 2.8 | 162 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2017 | 161 | 447 | 2.8 | 147 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2016 | 158 | 426 | 2.7 | 143 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2015 | 139 | 387 | 2.8 | 125 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2014 | 101 | 351 | 3.5 | 94 | 0.93 |
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.) | 141 | 47.0 | 50% | 65% | – |
| 2024/25 | 155 | 43.2 | 38% | 60% | – |
| 2023/24 | 152 | 40.5 | 36% | 59% | −0.36 |
| 2022/23 | 172 | 45.3 | 43% | 64% | −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
- Penwortham Priory AcademyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20253.4applications per place 47.0Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · LancashireOutstanding20243.0applications per place 55.4Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · LancashireOutstanding20233.3applications per place 53.6Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · LancashireRemains Good20232.1applications per place 47.6Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · Lancashire20262.8applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · LancashireSerious weaknesses 20262.2applications per place 41.0Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · LancashireGood20223.6applications per place 54.9Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · LancashireRemains Outstanding20241.6applications per place 54.5Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · Lancashire20263.5applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138948 · 888/4135
- Trust
- Odyssey Academy Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 750 pupils · 745 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2012
- Replaced
- Priory Sports and Technology College, Penwortham (URN 119739)
- Address
- Crow Hills Road, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0JE
- Local authority
- Lancashire · South Ribble
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources