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Preston Muslim Girls High School
Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–16 · Voluntary aided
Deepdale Mill Street, Preston PR1 5BY · pmghs.com · 01772 651906
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 56.2
- average Attainment 8 score. Lancashire 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 607
- 67 over 540 places · 112%
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 22.4%
- First language not English
- 97.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 141 families put the school first and 120 places were offered; 83% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 120 | 141 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 119 | 163 | 1.4▲ | 70% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 116 | 136 | 1.2▲ | 84% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 120 | 168 | 1.4▲ | 69% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 118 | 173 | 1.5▲ | 67% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 56.2, and 57.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Lancashire it was 45.1, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲56.2 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲57.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲73.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲89.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲5.32 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 3.7 | +0.1 |
| Sixth form college | 79.8 | +0.3 |
| Further education | 9.2 | +2.1 |
| Other education | 0.9 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 0.9 | −3.6 |
| Employment | 0.9 | 0 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 2.8 | +1.9 |
| Activity not captured | 1.8 | −1.8 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 14 December 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Preston Muslim Girls High School was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 13 Dec 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2016
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2016Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Jan 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
78% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (23 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 78%
- Replies
- 23
- 4% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 61% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied