Archbishop Temple Church of England High School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Mixed · Lancashire
St Vincent's Road, Preston, PR2 8RA
79
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 28/01/2025
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
93.4%
16.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
891
Capacity used
Over capacity101%
885 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
103 of 103 families who put it first got an offer
207
Places offered
614
Total applications
3.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 103 | 103 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 230 | 70 | ● 30% |
| 3rd preference | 278 | 34 | ● 12% |
| Later preferences | 3 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 614 | 207 | 34% |
1st preference success by year
Lancashire lets families list 3 preferences. 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
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Ivan Catlow
- Address
- St Vincent's Road, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 8RA
- Phone
- 01772717782
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Ward / constituency
- Sharoe Green · Ribble Valley
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 119814
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 16% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 4% | — | — |
| SEN support | 7% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
891 pupils · 885 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
28 January 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 867 pupils
Attendance
93.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
16.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.5%
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 | 55.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.22 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 61% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 85% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.78 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 55.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 56.1% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 81.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 49% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.95 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 155 | — |
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 | 153 | 25% | 61% | 86% | |
| English Language | 153 | 34% | 73% | 86% | |
| English Literature | 153 | 37% | 76% | 88% | |
| Religious Studies | 151 | 32% | 61% | 70% | |
| Combined Science | 106 | 18% | 57% | 79% | |
| Geography | 82 | 38% | 68% | 85% | |
| Business | 79 | 6% | 34% | 56% | |
| History | 67 | 25% | 49% | 66% | |
| Design & Technology | 65 | 22% | 68% | 88% | |
| Spanish | 63 | 33% | 67% | 87% | |
| Biology | 47 | 32% | 87% | 96% | |
| Physics | 47 | 40% | 91% | 98% |
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.