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Eden Boys' School, Preston
Secondary · Boys · Ages 11–18 · Free school
Adelaide Street, Preston PR1 4BD · edenboyspreston.com · 01772 926000
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · May 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 49.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Lancashire 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 615
- 77% of 800 places
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 26%
- First language not English
- 49.9%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Star Academies
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 116 families put the school first and 121 places were offered; 93% 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 | 121 | 116 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 124 | 129 | 1▲ | 84% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 117 | 99 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 124 | 136 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 123 | 129 | 1▲ | 88% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 49.8, and 67.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲49.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲67.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲79.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲82.3% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.52 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 9.3 | +4.3 |
| Sixth form college | 52.5 | −5.8 |
| Further education | 16.1 | −5.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.4 | +1.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11.9 | +6.1 |
| Activity not captured | 6.8 | +2.6 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 16 May 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Eden Boys' School, Preston was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 15 May 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, May 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2018Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
79% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (118 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 79%
- Replies
- 118
- 19% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied
based on 26 parents (22%) with SEND