Which school had the best GCSE results in Preston in 2025?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Broughton High School topped the table in Preston with 59.3, against an England average of 46.1. 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.

Where are the latest Preston GCSE results?

This page is the 2025 archive (the 2024/25 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Preston are on the main Preston GCSE results page, which updates when the DfE releases the next year's performance tables: provisional figures in the autumn, revised figures early in the new year.

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 2025 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2025 when it had no Year 11 cohort in that year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published that year's 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), 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.

This is the 2025 archive of the table. See the latest Preston GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

Town 22 state secondary schools 2024/25 results Archive year

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	46.1	45%	65%	4.09	–
1 , up 3 places since 2024	Broughton High School Preston · Community school	59.3	76%	89%	5.47	182
2 , down 1 place since 2024	Preston Muslim Girls High School Preston · Voluntary aided school	56.2	58%	73%	5.32	120
3 , down 1 place since 2024	All Hallows Catholic High School Preston · Voluntary aided school	55.6	58%	81%	4.74	186
4 , up 2 places since 2024	Archbishop Temple Church of England High School Preston · Voluntary aided school	55.4	56%	81%	4.95	155
5 , down 3 places since 2024	Penwortham Girls' High School Preston · Community school	52.9	55%	74%	5.05	159
6 , up 3 places since 2024	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 , down 4 places since 2024	Eden Boys' School, Preston Preston · Free schools	49.8	68%	79%	4.52	124
10 , up 1 place since 2024	Lostock Hall Academy Preston · Academy converter	47.6	46%	71%	4.04	158
11 , down 1 place since 2024	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= , up 1 place since 2024	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 , down 3 places since 2024	Penwortham Priory Academy Preston · Academy converter	43.2	38%	60%	3.73	155
19 , down 1 place since 2024	Fulwood Academy Preston · Academy sponsor led	41.4	32%	51%	3.78	139
20 , down 3 places since 2024	Moor Park High School 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 "=").

Under each rank: the change since the 2024 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2024 result.

Independent schools in Preston with published 2025 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 46.1.

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. 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.

This is the 2025 archive of the table: each school's 2025 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2025 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main Preston GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

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 2025 GCSE results

More about schools in Preston

Preston GCSE results: common questions