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Colne Park High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 989Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 146228URN

Venables Avenue, Colne, BB8 7DP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.4 below Lancashire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LancashireSelective

462 applications for 212 places · 60th of 81 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
41.5of 90
56th of 81 in Lancashire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 21 April 2026Published 10 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 21 April 2026
    Report card · 3 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
  2. 23 February 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains 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
0.4 below Lancashire median (2.5) close to England median (2.2)

462 applications · 212 places offered · 209 named it first

  1. 2026 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.7
  9. 2018 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  10. 2017 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  11. 2016 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Lancashire median in 0 of 8 years.
  • This school
  • Lancashire median

Dashed bars: as Colne Park High School (URN 119719), the previous school.

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 20262124622.22090.99
Sep 20251894072.21830.97
Sep 20242105102.42091.00
Sep 20232144742.22050.96
Sep 20222105052.42161.03
Sep 20212135602.62451.15
Sep 20202155592.62621.22
Sep 20192125402.62631.24
Sep 2018 *2095312.52581.23
Sep 2017 *1825383.02591.42
Sep 2016 *1865533.02471.33
Sep 2015 *1784822.72171.22
Sep 2014 *1864692.51981.06

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

200 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)41.556th of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths39%45th of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths64%
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.25
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20041.539%64%–
2024/2520938.038%59%–
2023/2421441.243%63%−0.25
2022/2321141.037%62%−0.29

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 converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
146228 · 888/4018
Trust
Apex Collaborative Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,075 pupils · 989 on roll
Free school meals
32.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2018
Replaced
Colne Park High School (URN 119719)
Address
Venables Avenue, Colne, BB8 7DP
Local authority
Lancashire · Pendle

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