Academy sponsor led

Carr Hill High School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formLancashire, North West · Preston PR4 2STTrust: Education Partnership TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
790of 899 places
Free school meals
26.5%
Year 11 cohort 2025
157
Ofsted
Requires improvement, 12 March 2024Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Carr Hill High School (URN 119744, until 30 June 2024).

What the data says

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

Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 95% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 43.5 against 46.1 across England and 45.1 in Lancashire, with 40% 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.

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

MeasureCarr Hill High SchoolLancashireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)43.545.146.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths40%44%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths61%64%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects23%34%41%
EBacc average point score3.703.954.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort26%26%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils38.032.734.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils45.449.350.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language8%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
Mathematics15599%88%16%22%70%
English Language15599%89%13%20%65%
English Literature15096%86%6%21%59%
Religious Studies14995%31%8%32%44%
Combined Science12479%65%10%9%60%
History9561%41%16%26%46%
Geography4931%41%14%25%49%
Physical Education4629%11%15%24%74%
Art and Design3120%7%39%24%90%
Chemistry2717%23%22%47%100%
Physics2717%23%33%46%100%
Biology2717%23%19%45%100%
French2516%18%4%29%76%
Food Preparation and Nutrition2415%8%21%21%54%
Computer Science2315%13%17%30%83%
Design and Technology1610%11%19%23%56%
Photography1610%6%25%19%94%
Spanish96%19%11%27%33%
Russian43%0%87%
Polish21%1%84%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Health Studies38
Engineering Studies37
Sports Studies12
Dance: General7
Speech and Drama4

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74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2

Accrington Academy

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79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.4

Albany Academy

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76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7

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.