Secondary
Broughton High School
Woodplumpton Lane, Broughton, Preston, PR3 5JJ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 932 of 900 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
- Local authority
- Lancashire
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 53.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 68.5
- Pupils per adult
- 13.3
- Pupils
- 909
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected September 2022
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
76%
31 points above the Preston average (45% across 22 schools)
59.3
12.2 above the Preston average (47.1 across 22 schools)
1st of 22 by our score, among the secondary schools in Preston we can score - 27 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 59.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 5.47 |
| Entered the EBacc | 51% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 89% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 76% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 77% |
| 22/23 | 69% |
| 23/24 | 68% |
| 24/25 | 76% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.67 |
| 22/23 | +0.51 |
| 23/24 | +0.55 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 60.0 |
| 22/23 | 57.3 |
| 23/24 | 56.2 |
| 24/25 | 59.3 |
Woodplumpton Lane, Broughton, Preston, PR3 5JJ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Lancashire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- David Botes
- Address
- Woodplumpton Lane, Broughton, Preston, PR3 5JJ
- Telephone
- 01772863849