Penwortham Girls' High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 22 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
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
119765
Address
Cop Lane, Penwortham, PR1 0SR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
801 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
10.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.5%
Persistent absence
15.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
2.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 68.7%
Indian 9.2%
Mixed 6.4%
Pakistani 6%
Other White 3.2%
Other Asian 1.7%
Other 1%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Irish Traveller 0.7%
Irish 0.5%
African 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Other Black 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.73
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 76%
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 59.5
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.72
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award26
MultimediaTechnical Award28
ArabicGCSE4
Art & DesignGCSE24
AstronomyGCSE1
BiologyGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE54
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
Design & TechnologyGCSE11
DanceGCSE1
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Penwortham Girls' High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
158
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
175
2nd preference
190
3rd preference
128
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
142
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes22.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
160
0
160
Year 8
162
0
162
Year 9
160
0
160
Year 10
159
0
159
Year 11
160
0
160
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
81.7%
85.6%
Further education
25.0%
49.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
5.0%
11.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
60.0%
20.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
5.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
5.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
6.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.1%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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