Penwortham Girls' High School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B77
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Preston, PR1 0SR
- Distance
- 1.0km away
Penwortham Priory Academy
Crow Hills Road, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0JE
Local ranking48th of 82 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
750
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 3 March 2020. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 47.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 49.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 64.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 141
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 744
- Boys
- 431 (58%)
- Girls
- 314 (42%)
- Capacity
- 750 (99% full)
- SEND
- 14.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 26.1%
- EAL
- 5.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.7%
- SEN Support
- 11.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 41.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,311/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
- 8.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.0% 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: 82.7%
- Asian Indian: 2.7%
- White Other: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.2%
- Mixed Other: 2.2%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.9%
- Black African: 1.6%
- Asian Other: 1.1%
82.7%
White British
2.7%
Asian Indian
2.6%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Crow Hills Road
Preston, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 138948
- UKPRN
- 10039410
- Establishment No.
- 4135
- Trust
- ODYSSEY ACADEMY TRUST
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