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Carr Hill High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Royal Avenue, Kirkham, Preston PR4 2ST · carrhillschool.com · 01772 682008
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 43.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Lancashire 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 790
- 88% of 899 places
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 26.5%
- First language not English
- 5.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 144 families put the school first and 155 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 | 155 | 144 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 213 | 154 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 221 | 155 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 232 | 156 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 43.5, and 40.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Lancashire it was 45.1, and across England 46.
In 2017/18 the average A level result was grade D+ (23.5 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼43.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼40.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼60.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼22.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.70 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 119744)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sixth form college | 41.4 | +5.1 |
| Further education | 36.9 | −1 |
| Apprenticeship | 6.6 | −2.7 |
| Employment | 5.6 | −1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.1 | −0.6 |
| Activity not captured | 2.5 | +2 |
Published for the predecessor school (URN 119744)
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2017/18 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 students | D+ (23.5) | Average -0.18 | |
| 31 students | D+ (24.4) | Average -0.10 | |
| Applied general21 students | Dist (33.7) | Average +0.25 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016/17 | 65 | D+ (23.9) | +0.01 |
| 2015/16 | 73 | D+ (23.2) | -0.34 |
Published for the predecessor school (URN 119744)
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2017/18 | Since 2016/17 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 33 | +3 |
| Further and other education | 7 | −1 |
| Further education | 2 | −3 |
| Other education | 4 | +1 |
| Apprenticeship | 10 | −9 |
| Employment | 33 | +10 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 10 | −1 |
| Activity not captured | 6 | −3 |
Published for the predecessor school (URN 119744)
Ofsted
Carr Hill High School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 12 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 12 Mar 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 119744)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Oct 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 119744), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- May 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
Oct 2021Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 119744)
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 119744)
Oct 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 119744)