Ashton Community Science College is a secondary school located in Preston. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 25/04/2018. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.6%, which is 0.6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Aldwych Drive, Preston

School Information

Address: Aldwych Drive, Preston, PR2 1SL
Website: http://www.ashtoncsc.lancs.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01772513002
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Lancashire
Headteacher / Principal: Miss Sharon Asquith
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 119707

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 25/04/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 800
Number of Pupils: 787
Number of Boys: 440
Number of Girls: 347

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 12.3% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.37 Confidence interval -0.59 to -0.14
Of the 134 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 129 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:13%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:89%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:24%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:40
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.42
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Ashton Primary School
Ainsdale Drive , Ashton-on-Ribble PR2 1TU
3out of 4 516 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Lea Community Primary School
Greavestown Lane , Lea PR2 1PD
3out of 4 843 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Ashton-on-Ribble St Andrew's Church of England Primary School
Tulketh Road , Ashton-on-Ribble PR2 1EQ
4out of 4 913 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Ingol Community Primary School
Whitby Avenue , Ingol PR2 3YP
3out of 4 1,170 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Ingol, Preston
59 Whitby Avenue , Ingol PR2 3YP
3out of 4 1,290 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Ashton Community Science College
Aldwych Drive , Ashton PR2 1SL
3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Our Lady's Catholic High School
St Anthony's Drive , Fulwood PR2 3SQ
4out of 4 2,214 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Penwortham Priory Academy
Crow Hills Road , Penwortham PR1 0JE
2out of 4 2,608 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Fulwood Academy
Black Bull Lane , PR2 9YR
1out of 4 2,982 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Penwortham Girls' High School
Cop Lane , Penwortham PR1 0SR
4out of 4 3,187 yd Community school No Girls More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Royal Cross Primary School
Elswick Road , Ashton-on-Ribble PR2 1NT
4out of 4 679 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Pioneer TEC
Wallend Road , PR2 2HW
- not rated 1,935 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Spen Brook School
(former Hawes Side Library) , Hawes Side Lane FY4 5AJ
- not rated 1,971 yd Other independent special school No Mixed More About School
The Limes School
73A Taunton Road , Ashton under Lyne OL7 9DU
- not rated 1,971 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Boys More About School
Cedar Lodge School
c/o Hexagon Care Services , Unit 1 Tustin Court PR2 2YQ
- not rated 2,068 yd Other independent special school No Boys More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.