Parklands High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Lancashire
Southport Road, Chorley, PR7 1LL
73
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
79%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.3%
17.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,102
Capacity used
Nearly full99%
1,116 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
79%
1st preference success rate
199 of 253 families who put it first got an offer
214
Places offered
773
Total applications
3.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 253 | 199 | ● 79% |
| 2nd preference | 290 | 14 | ● 5% |
| 3rd preference | 229 | 1 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences | 1 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 773 | 214 | 28% |
1st preference success by year
Lancashire lets families list 3 preferences. 6 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Lucy Pilkington
- Address
- Southport Road, Chorley, PR7 1LL
- Phone
- 01257264596
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Ward / constituency
- Chorley North West · Chorley
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 138647
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 28% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 4% | — | — |
| SEN support | 13% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ASPIRATIONAL FUTURES MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
1,102 pupils · 1,116 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
11 May 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,120 pupils
Attendance
93.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
17.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.7%
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 | 50.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.39 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 54% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 78% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.04 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 34.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 57.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 7.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.49 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 209 | — |
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 | 209 | 15% | 38% | 66% | |
| English Language | 209 | 17% | 57% | 70% | |
| English Literature | 206 | 19% | 54% | 67% | |
| Religious Studies | 204 | 17% | 38% | 52% | |
| Combined Science | 164 | 6% | 23% | 48% | |
| History | 99 | 18% | 33% | 45% | |
| Physical Education | 57 | 26% | 81% | 95% | |
| Geography | 54 | 15% | 30% | 54% | |
| Art and Design | 45 | 18% | 49% | 76% | |
| Biology | 42 | 26% | 55% | 79% | |
| Physics | 41 | 22% | 59% | 73% | |
| Chemistry | 41 | 27% | 56% | 68% |
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.