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74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2
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Bowland High
- Pupils on roll
- 644of 575 places
- Free school meals
- 10.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 108
- Ofsted
- Good, 7 December 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Bowland High (URN 119726, until 1 August 2011).
What the data says
Bowland High has no sixth form. Of the 115 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 52% to a further education college and 7% started an apprenticeship.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 35% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 47.8 against 46.1 across England and 45.1 in Lancashire, with 43% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Bowland High is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Lancashire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Bowland High | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 115 | 13,296 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 97% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 85% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 31% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 20% | 13% |
| — further education college | 52% | 48% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Bowland High | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 47.8 | 45.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 34% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.11 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 7% | 26% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.3 | 32.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.9 | 49.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 12% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 107 | 99% | 88% | 14% | 22% | 75% |
| English Literature | 107 | 99% | 86% | 11% | 21% | 75% |
| English Language | 107 | 99% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 73% |
| Geography | 72 | 67% | 41% | 17% | 25% | 71% |
| Biology | 54 | 50% | 23% | 44% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 54 | 50% | 23% | 11% | 46% | 94% |
| Chemistry | 54 | 50% | 23% | 19% | 47% | 94% |
| Combined Science | 53 | 49% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 49% |
| Business Studies | 53 | 49% | 18% | 17% | 20% | 77% |
| Physical Education | 52 | 48% | 11% | 25% | 24% | 88% |
| Spanish | 47 | 44% | 19% | 17% | 27% | 64% |
| Art and Design | 38 | 35% | 7% | 53% | 24% | 100% |
| History | 18 | 17% | 41% | 11% | 26% | 72% |
| Drama | 17 | 16% | 7% | 12% | 27% | 76% |
| Design and Technology | 14 | 13% | 11% | 7% | 23% | 93% |
| Dance | 10 | 9% | 1% | 0% | 27% | 30% |
| Computer Science | 9 | 8% | 13% | 11% | 30% | 67% |
| Fine Art | 1 | 1% | 9% | — | 28% | — |
| Citizenship Studies | 1 | 1% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 39 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 19 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.