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74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2
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West Craven High School
- Pupils on roll
- 528of 845 places
- Free school meals
- 28.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 140
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 2 July 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: West Craven High School (URN 119725, until 1 June 2016).
What the data says
West Craven High School has no sixth form. Of the 127 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 69% to a further education college and 8% started an apprenticeship.
15% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 28% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 37.4 against 46.1 across England and 45.1 in Lancashire, with 34% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | West Craven High School | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 127 | 13,296 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 80% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 71% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 20% | 13% |
| — further education college | 69% | 48% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 8% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 15% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | West Craven High School | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 37.4 | 45.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 16% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.21 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 24% | 26% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 26.1 | 32.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 40.8 | 49.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 11% | 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 | 139 | 99% | 88% | 10% | 22% | 63% |
| English Language | 139 | 99% | 89% | 6% | 20% | 47% |
| English Literature | 138 | 99% | 86% | 7% | 21% | 53% |
| Combined Science | 97 | 69% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 32% |
| Geography | 69 | 49% | 41% | 7% | 25% | 29% |
| History | 68 | 49% | 41% | 9% | 26% | 47% |
| Business Studies | 48 | 34% | 18% | 6% | 20% | 40% |
| Fine Art | 46 | 33% | 9% | 24% | 28% | 72% |
| Physics | 42 | 30% | 23% | 19% | 46% | 81% |
| Biology | 42 | 30% | 23% | 21% | 45% | 81% |
| Chemistry | 42 | 30% | 23% | 14% | 47% | 76% |
| Photography | 39 | 28% | 6% | 13% | 19% | 74% |
| Computer Science | 32 | 23% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 22% |
| 3D Design | 19 | 14% | 2% | 11% | 16% | 47% |
| French | 12 | 9% | 18% | 42% | 29% | 92% |
| Urdu | 8 | 6% | 1% | 25% | 42% | 88% |
| Italian | 3 | 2% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Citizenship Studies | 2 | 1% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Health | 43 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 33 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 21 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 20 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 19 | — | — |
| Art and Design | 1 | — | — |
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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.