Penwortham Priory Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D52
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Preston, PR1 0JE
- Distance
- 1.0km away
Penwortham Girls' High School
Cop Lane, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0SR
Local ranking9th of 82 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
800
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Girls
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 21 May 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 55.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 62.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 86.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 160
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 800
- Girls
- 799 (100%)
- Capacity
- 800 (100% full)
- SEND
- 10.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 17.1%
- EAL
- 11.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 7.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 46.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,622/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
- 5.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.8% 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: 68.2%
- Asian Indian: 8.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 6.2%
- White Other: 3.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.9%
- Asian Other: 2.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.9%
- Black African: 1.3%
68.2%
White British
8.3%
Asian Indian
6.2%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Cop Lane
Preston, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119765
- UKPRN
- 10018074
- Establishment No.
- 4332
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