Graded inspection · Sep 2021 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
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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 entry318 applications · 184 places offered · 155 named it first
- 2026 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2022 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2021 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2020 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2019 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2018 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2017 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2016 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2015 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Lancashire median
Dashed bars: as Longridge High School (URN 119749), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 184 | 318 | 1.7 | 155 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2025 | 196 | 331 | 1.7 | 131 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2024 | 164 | 314 | 1.9 | 124 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2023 * | 179 | 333 | 1.9 | 144 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2022 * | 164 | 321 | 2.0 | 137 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2021 * | 163 | 309 | 1.9 | 144 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2020 * | 164 | 315 | 1.9 | 118 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2019 * | 163 | 308 | 1.9 | 135 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2018 * | 147 | 327 | 2.2 | 124 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2017 * | 164 | 331 | 2.0 | 151 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2016 * | 165 | 378 | 2.3 | 169 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2015 * | 158 | 321 | 2.0 | 167 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2014 * | 154 | 290 | 1.9 | 145 | 0.94 |
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.) | 149 | 51.1 | 50% | 73% | – |
| 2024/25 | 154 | 44.6 | 42% | 69% | – |
| 2023/24 * | 158 | 46.3 | 45% | 71% | −0.13 |
| 2022/23 * | 140 | 44.6 | 39% | 59% | −0.38 |
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
- Longridge High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20211.7applications per place 51.1Attainment 8
- 0.2 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20252.7applications per place 44.0Attainment 8
- 7.9 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20255.8applications per place 54.1Attainment 8
- 8.0 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20252.7applications per place 56.9Attainment 8
- 8.1 km · LancashireOutstanding20224.6applications per place 55.5Attainment 8
- 8.3 km · Lancashire20263.5applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 8.4 km · LancashireRemains Outstanding20221.7applications per place 61.7Attainment 8
- 8.6 km · LancashireGood20232.3applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 9.0 km · LancashireRemains Outstanding20241.6applications per place 54.5Attainment 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
- 150092 · 888/4168
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 859 pupils · 810 on roll
- Free school meals
- 33.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2023
- Replaced
- Longridge High School (URN 119749)
- Address
- Preston Road, Longridge, Preston, PR3 3AR
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Ribble Valley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources