UK Schools
Archbishop Temple Church of England High School
Archbishop Temple Church of England High School is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Preston, Lancashire County Council, teaching 891 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in January 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 55.4 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 5 January 2026 to 13 April 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Archbishop Temple Church of England High School.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Archbishop Temple Church of England High School.
- 1 Inset Day (no pupils in school)
- 2 School reopens for all pupils
- 9 Open Evening (pupils finish at 12:30pm)
- 24 Inset Day 2 (no pupils in school)
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 19 School closes at 12:30pm
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day (Public Holiday)
- 26 Boxing Day (Public Holiday)
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day (Public Holiday)
- 5 School reopens for Spring Term
- 13 Inset Day 3 (no pupils in school)
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 27 School closes at 12:30pm
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday (Public Holiday)
- 6 Easter Monday (Public Holiday)
- 13 School reopens for Summer Term
- 4 May Bank Holiday
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday (First Monday in May)
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday (Last Monday in May)
- 16 School closes at 12:30pm
- 17 Inset Day 4 (no pupils in school)
- 20 Inset Day 5 (no pupils in school)
- 21–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday (Last Monday in August)
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Inset Day (no pupils in school) Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- School reopens for all pupils Sep 2, 2025 Event
- Open Evening (pupils finish at 12:30pm) Oct 9, 2025 Event
- Inset Day 2 (no pupils in school) Oct 24, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- School closes at 12:30pm Dec 19, 2025 Event
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- School reopens for Spring Term Jan 5, 2026 Term
- Inset Day 3 (no pupils in school) Feb 13, 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- School closes at 12:30pm Mar 27, 2026 Event
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- School reopens for Summer Term Apr 13, 2026 Term
- May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- School closes at 12:30pm Jul 16, 2026 Event
- Inset Day 4 (no pupils in school) Jul 17, 2026 Inset Day
- Inset Day 5 (no pupils in school) Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Holiday Jul 21 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day (Public Holiday) Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday (Public Holiday) Apr 3, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday (Public Holiday) Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday (First Monday in May) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday (Last Monday in May) May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday (Last Monday in August) Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day (Public Holiday) Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day (Public Holiday) Dec 26, 2025 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Archbishop Temple Church of England High School with Lancashire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 55.4 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Lancashire County Council England
Attendance 16.7% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Lancashire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 99% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Lancashire County Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Archbishop Temple Church of England High School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Archbishop Temple Church of England High School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.