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Garstang Community Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Bowgreave, Garstang, Preston PR3 1YE · garstangcommunityacademy.com · 01995 603226
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Lancashire 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 750
- 82% of 915 places
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 20.4%
- First language not English
- 1.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 131 families put the school first and 156 places were offered; 100% 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 | 156 | 131 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 139 | 100 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 171 | 119 | 0.7 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 180 | 151 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 172 | 131 | 0.8 | 99% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.8, and 45.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ●45.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ●63.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼11.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.80 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 6.7 | +3.5 |
| Sixth form college | 34.4 | −4.2 |
| Further education | 36.2 | +0.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 8.6 | −2.2 |
| Employment | 7.4 | +1.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.7 | +1.6 |
Ofsted
Garstang Community Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 26 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 26 Mar 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Jan 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Nov 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (84 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 84
- 11% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on 11 parents (13%) whose child was bullied
based on 10 parents (12%) with SEND