St Michael's Church of England High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B74
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Chorley, PR7 1RS
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Parklands High School
Southport Road, Chorley, PR7 1LL
Local ranking20th of 82 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1116
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 11 May 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 49.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 43.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 209
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1106
- Boys
- 558 (51%)
- Girls
- 544 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1116 (99% full)
- SEND
- 17.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 28.5%
- EAL
- 4.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.2%
- SEN Support
- 15.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 58.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,113/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
- 6.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 17.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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: 86.3%
- White Other: 2.1%
- Asian Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.5%
- Other: 1.2%
- Asian Indian: 1.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.9%
86.3%
White British
2.1%
White Other
2.0%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Southport Road
Chorley, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 138647
- UKPRN
- 10038690
- Establishment No.
- 4311
- Trust
- ASPIRATIONAL FUTURES MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
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