Secondary
Penwortham Girls' High School
Cop Lane, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0SR
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Girls
- Pupils
- 799 of 800 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
- Local authority
- Lancashire
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 47.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 61.2
- Pupils per adult
- 13.1
- Pupils
- 801
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 May 2024
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
55%
10 points above the Preston average (45% across 22 schools)
52.9
5.8 above the Preston average (47.1 across 22 schools)
5th 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 | 52.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 5.05 |
| Entered the EBacc | 70% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 74% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55% |
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 | 75% |
| 22/23 | 69% |
| 23/24 | 72% |
| 24/25 | 55% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.77 |
| 22/23 | +0.73 |
| 23/24 | +0.57 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 59.5 |
| 22/23 | 59.5 |
| 23/24 | 57.5 |
| 24/25 | 52.9 |
Cop Lane, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0SR
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
- Sharon Hall
- Address
- Cop Lane, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0SR
- Telephone
- 01772743399