Preston Muslim Girls High School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Girls · Lancashire
Deepdale Mill Street, Preston, PR1 5BY
84
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding
No graded inspection
Application demand
70%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
95.1%
11.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
607
Capacity used
Over capacity112%
540 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
70%
1st preference success rate
114 of 163 families who put it first got an offer
119
Places offered
236
Total applications
2.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 163 | 114 | ● 70% |
| 2nd preference | 53 | 5 | ● 9% |
| 3rd preference | 20 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 236 | 119 | 50% |
1st preference success by year
Lancashire lets families list 3 preferences. 2 applications came from outside the council area (1 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
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Muslim
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Headteacher
- Rehan Patel
- Address
- Deepdale Mill Street, Preston, PR1 5BY
- Phone
- 01772651906
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Ward / constituency
- St Matthew's · Preston
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 136801
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 22% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 71% | — | — |
| SEN support | 8% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
607 pupils · 540 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
14 December 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 615 pupils
Attendance
95.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
4.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
11.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
0.7%
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 | 59.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 1.06 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 75% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 87% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.64 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 56.2 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 57.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 73.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 89.2% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.32 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 120 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 118 | 37% | 75% | 83% | |
| Religious Studies | 118 | 47% | 75% | 85% | |
| Mathematics | 117 | 28% | 61% | 77% | |
| English Literature | 110 | 47% | 85% | 95% | |
| Combined Science | 94 | 22% | 56% | 82% | |
| Geography | 74 | 30% | 59% | 68% | |
| Urdu | 51 | 35% | 57% | 71% | |
| History | 42 | 29% | 57% | 74% | |
| Arabic | 38 | 21% | 47% | 53% | |
| French | 27 | 4% | 48% | 63% | |
| Biology | 25 | 68% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 25 | 88% | 100% | 100% |
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.