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Colne Park High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Venables Avenue, Colne BB8 7DP · park-high.co.uk · 01282 508624
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 38
- average Attainment 8 score. Lancashire 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 989
- 92% of 1,075 places
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 32.7%
- First language not English
- 4.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 209 families put the school first and 212 places were offered; 95% 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 | 212 | 209 | 1 | 95% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 189 | 183 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 210 | 209 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 214 | 205 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 210 | 216 | 1▲ | 93% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38, and 37.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼38 | 46 | ||
| ▼37.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼59.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲62.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.50 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 119719)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 0.9 | 0 |
| Further education | 75.2 | +3.6 |
| Other education | 0.5 | +0.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 6.5 | −5.9 |
| Employment | 2.8 | −5.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 10.7 | +4.5 |
| Activity not captured | 3.3 | +2.9 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Colne Park High School on 21 April 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Inspected
- 21 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Feb 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 119719), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2022Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 119719)
Nov 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 119719)
What parents said
73% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (199 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 73%
- Replies
- 199
- 18% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 50% who had a child bullied
based on 50 parents (25%) with SEND