Broughton High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Sept 27 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Lancashire
Unique reference
119759
Address
Woodplumpton Lane, Broughton, PR3 5JJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
909 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
52.9%
Girls
47.1%
First language not English
5.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
7.8%
Persistent absence
10.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75.1%
Indian 7.3%
Mixed 5.7%
Pakistani 5%
Other White 1.5%
Unclassified 1.3%
Other Asian 1.1%
Other 1.1%
African 0.8%
Chinese 0.8%
Other Black 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.51
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 45%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 69%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 57.3
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.17
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award22
TourismTechnical Award11
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE11
BiologyGCSE59
Business Studies:SingleGCSE42
ChemistryGCSE59
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE34
Design & TechnologyGCSE41
English LanguageGCSE180
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Broughton High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
177
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
317
2nd preference
297
3rd preference
279
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
167
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
181
91
90
Year 8
184
111
73
Year 9
187
88
99
Year 10
180
94
86
Year 11
177
97
80
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
23.0%
47.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
2.0%
12.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
62.0%
21.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
5.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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