Parklands High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C63
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Chorley, PR7 1LL
- Distance
- 0.8km away
St Michael's Church of England High School
Astley Road, Chorley, PR7 1RS
Local ranking11th of 82 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1125
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 21 September 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 60.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 73.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 92.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 224
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1133
- Boys
- 554 (49%)
- Girls
- 580 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1125 (101% full)
- SEND
- 9.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 3.4%
- EAL
- 0.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.9%
- SEN Support
- 7.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 67.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,950/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
- 4.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 7.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 95.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- White Other: 0.8%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
- Black African: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
- Black Other: 0.3%
95.4%
White British
1.1%
Mixed White & Asian
0.8%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Astley Road
Chorley, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 136893
- UKPRN
- 10034172
- Establishment No.
- 4686
- Trust
- ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST
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