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Christ The King Catholic High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 446Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 150615URN

Lawrence Avenue, Frenchwood, Preston, PR1 4PR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Serious weaknesses

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

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

This schoolOther secondary schools in LancashireSelective

210 applications for 95 places · 58th of 81 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
41.0of 90
61st of 81 in Lancashire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Serious weaknesses

Report card · inspected 7 July 2026Published 15 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • 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. 7 July 2026
    Report card · 3 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention

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

210 applications · 95 places offered · 75 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.9; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  5. 2022 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
  6. 2021 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  7. 2020 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.8; as the previous school
  8. 2019 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Lancashire median

Dashed bars: as Christ The King Catholic High School (URN 119781), 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 2026952102.2750.79
Sep 2025992622.71221.23
Sep 20241002122.1710.71
Sep 2023 *802292.9790.99
Sep 2022 *792152.7801.01
Sep 2021 *801722.2680.85
Sep 2020 *792192.8911.15
Sep 2019 *781762.3841.08
Sep 2018 *801692.1710.89
Sep 2017 *711492.1450.63
Sep 2016 *541392.6510.94
Sep 2015 *431212.8380.88
Sep 2014 *461132.5410.89

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

82 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)41.061st of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths38%50th of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths52%
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2022/23, the latest published)−0.43
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)8241.038%52%–
2024/257935.920%43%–
2023/24–
2022/23 *7936.122%52%−0.43

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
150615 · 888/4035
Trust
Mater Ecclesiae Catholic Multi-Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
420 pupils · 446 on roll
Free school meals
48.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 2024
Replaced
Christ The King Catholic High School (URN 119781)
Address
Lawrence Avenue, Frenchwood, Preston, PR1 4PR
Local authority
Lancashire · Preston

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