Fulwood Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Preston, PR2 9YR
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Our Lady's Catholic High School
St Anthony's Drive, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 3SQ
Local ranking18th of 82 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 28 September 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 54.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 54.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 77.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 181
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 76.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 902
- Boys
- 436 (48%)
- Girls
- 466 (52%)
- Capacity
- 900 (100% full)
- SEND
- 10.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.3%
- EAL
- 13.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.1%
- SEN Support
- 8.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 53.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,551/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
- 12.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- 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: 70.8%
- White Other: 8.5%
- Asian Indian: 6.2%
- Mixed Other: 2.7%
- Asian Other: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.4%
- Black African: 1.8%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.5%
70.8%
White British
8.5%
White Other
6.2%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
St Anthony's Drive
Preston, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119779
- UKPRN
- 10016881
- Establishment No.
- 4606
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