Which school has the best GCSE results in Preston?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Broughton High School tops the table in Preston with 59.3, against an England average of 46.0. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Preston schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2025 results, the 2024/25 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Preston show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Preston GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

22 state secondary schools in Preston ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 2 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Town 22 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Preston ranked on Attainment 8

22 of 22 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Preston ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	Broughton High School Preston · Community school	59.3	76%	89%	5.47	182
2	Preston Muslim Girls High School Preston · Voluntary aided school	56.2	58%	73%	5.32	120
3	All Hallows Catholic High School Preston · Voluntary aided school	55.6	58%	81%	4.74	186
4	Archbishop Temple Church of England High School Preston · Voluntary aided school	55.4	56%	81%	4.95	155
5	Penwortham Girls' High School Preston · Community school	52.9	55%	74%	5.05	159
6	Corpus Christi Catholic High School Preston · Voluntary aided school	50.2	51%	71%	4.24	156
7	Hutton Church of England Grammar School Preston · Voluntary aided school	50.1	52%	78%	4.37	145
8	Our Lady's Catholic High School Preston · Voluntary aided school	50.0	43%	71%	4.22	180
9	Eden Boys' School, Preston Preston · Free schools	49.8	68%	79%	4.52	124
10	Lostock Hall Academy Preston · Academy converter	47.6	46%	71%	4.04	158
11	Tarleton Academy Preston · Academy converter	46.3	48%	73%	4.13	128
12	St Cecilia's RC High School Preston · Voluntary aided school	46.2	42%	59%	3.93	115
13	Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School Preston · Voluntary aided school	46.1	41%	65%	4.12	145
14	Garstang Community Academy Preston · Academy converter	44.8	45%	64%	3.80	155
15=	Ashton Community Science College Preston · Community school	44.6	38%	60%	3.74	178
15=	Longridge High School Preston · Academy converter	44.6	42%	69%	3.70	154
17	Carr Hill High School Preston · Academy sponsor led	43.5	40%	61%	3.70	157
18	Penwortham Priory Academy Preston · Academy converter	43.2	38%	60%	3.73	155
19	Fulwood Academy Preston · Academy sponsor led	41.4	32%	51%	3.78	139
20	Moor Park High School and Sixth Form Preston · Foundation school	39.3	31%	47%	3.36	108
21	Christ The King Catholic High School Preston · Academy sponsor led	35.9	20%	43%	3.10	79
22	Walton-Le-Dale High School Preston · Academy sponsor led	33.1	23%	39%	2.85	146

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Independent schools in Preston with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Abrar Academy Preston · Other independent school	50.4	63%	8
Kirkham Grammar School Preston · Other independent school	42.6	0%	88

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Preston on our composite score

Preston GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Preston ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Preston with published GCSE results

More about schools in Preston

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