Fulwood Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Preston, PR2 9YR
- Distance
- 2.3km away
Broughton High School
Woodplumpton Lane, Broughton, Preston, PR3 5JJ
Local ranking6th of 82 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 27 September 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 55.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 66.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 85.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 185
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 98.0%
- Continued in education
- 91.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 1.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 926
- Boys
- 483 (52%)
- Girls
- 449 (48%)
- Capacity
- 900 (104% full)
- SEND
- 11.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 9.6%
- EAL
- 5.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 8.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,465/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 8.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 74.0%
- Asian Indian: 7.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 4.4%
- White Other: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.5%
- Asian Chinese: 1.4%
74.0%
White British
7.3%
Asian Indian
4.4%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Woodplumpton Lane
Preston, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119759
- UKPRN
- 10015259
- Establishment No.
- 4232
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