Penwortham Girls' High School
Secondary · Community school · Girls · Lancashire
Cop Lane, Preston, PR1 0SR
82
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 21/05/2024
Application demand
86%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
94.1%
15.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
799
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
800 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
86%
1st preference success rate
143 of 166 families who put it first got an offer
160
Places offered
502
Total applications
3.1
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 166 | 143 | ● 86% |
| 2nd preference | 209 | 12 | ● 6% |
| 3rd preference | 126 | 5 | ● 4% |
| Later preferences | 1 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 502 | 160 | 32% |
1st preference success by year
Lancashire lets families list 3 preferences. 2 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Sharon Hall
- Address
- Cop Lane, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0SR
- Phone
- 01772743399
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Ward / constituency
- Howick & Priory · South Ribble
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 119765
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 17% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 11% | — | — |
| SEN support | 3% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
799 pupils · 800 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
21 May 2024
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessPersonal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 824 pupils
Attendance
94.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
15.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.1%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 57.5 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.57 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 72% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 86% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.49 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 52.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 54.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 74.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 70.4% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.05 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 159 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 159 | 23% | 58% | 77% | |
| English Language | 159 | 28% | 65% | 78% | |
| English Literature | 158 | 25% | 65% | 84% | |
| Combined Science | 120 | 15% | 41% | 68% | |
| German | 104 | 33% | 63% | 87% | |
| History | 81 | 47% | 69% | 81% | |
| Geography | 65 | 43% | 72% | 88% | |
| Religious Studies | 49 | 63% | 80% | 92% | |
| Biology | 37 | 51% | 95% | 97% | |
| Physics | 37 | 51% | 97% | 97% | |
| Chemistry | 37 | 49% | 97% | 97% | |
| Art and Design | 27 | 30% | 81% | 96% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Lancashire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.