Garstang Community Academy 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 26/11/2014. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.2%, which is 1.2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Bowgreave, Preston

School Information

Address: Bowgreave, Preston, PR3 1YE
Website: http://garstangcommunityacademy.com/
Telephone: 01995603226
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Lancashire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Alasdair Ashcroft
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137342

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 26/11/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 851
Number of Pupils: 810
Number of Boys: 414
Number of Girls: 396

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 11.9% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.18 Confidence interval -0.03 to 0.39
Of the 139 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 139 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:40%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:52%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:50
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.32
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Mary and Michael Catholic Primary School
Castle Lane , Garstang PR3 1RB 		2out of 4 1,098 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Garstang St Thomas' Church of England Primary School
Kepple Lane , Garstang PR3 1PB 		3out of 4 1,545 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Kirkland and Catterall St Helen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
The Green , Churchtown PR3 0HS 		3out of 4 1,830 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Garstang Community Primary School
Oak Road , Garstang PR3 1HT 		4out of 4 2,178 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Claughton-on-Brock
Smithy Lane , Claughton-on-Brock PR3 0PN 		4out of 4 3,215 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Garstang Community Academy
Bowgreave , Garstang PR3 1YE 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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