Academy sponsor led

Christ The King Catholic High School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth form · Roman CatholicLancashire, North West · Preston PR1 4PRTrust: Mater Ecclesiae Catholic Multi-Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
446of 420 places
Free school meals
48.3%
Year 11 cohort 2025
79
Ofsted
Inadequate, 28 September 2022Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Christ The King Catholic High School (URN 119781, until 31 December 2023).

What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Christ The King Catholic High School’s Year 11 leavers went next, so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 35.9 against 46.1 across England and 45.1 in Lancashire, with 20% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 97% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.

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.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolLancashireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)35.945.146.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths20%44%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths43%64%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects33%34%41%
EBacc average point score3.103.954.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort38%26%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils35.332.734.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils36.349.350.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language38%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language7899%89%9%20%62%
Mathematics7899%88%5%22%53%
Religious Studies7797%31%9%32%56%
English Literature7797%86%5%21%53%
Combined Science5671%65%0%9%21%
History4253%41%5%26%40%
Business Studies3443%18%0%20%26%
Geography3241%41%3%25%25%
Spanish2835%19%32%27%75%
Physics2127%23%10%46%76%
Chemistry2127%23%10%47%76%
Biology2127%23%14%45%76%
Physical Education2127%11%0%24%38%
Art and Design1418%7%0%24%36%
Computer Science1114%13%9%30%27%
Design and Technology1013%11%0%23%30%
Polish11%1%84%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Speech and Drama13
Hospitality / Catering Studies12
Computer Appreciation / Introduction11

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Alder Grange School

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82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.0

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.