UK Schools
Ashton Community Science College
Ashton Community Science College is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Preston, Lancashire County Council, teaching 837 pupils aged 11 to 16. Its last Ofsted inspection in May 2023 found the school remains Good. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 44.6 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Ashton Community Science College.
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Ashton Community Science College.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- INSET Day - Closed to Students Monday 1st September 2025 Inset Day
- School Re-opens (All Students) Tuesday 2nd September 2025 Event
- Autumn Half Term Monday 27th October to Friday 31st October 2025 Holiday
- School Re-opens Monday 3rd November 2025 Event
- INSET Day – School Closed Friday 28th November 2025 Inset Day
- INSET Day – School Closed Monday 1st December 2025 Inset Day
- School Closes for Christmas Friday 19th December 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holidays Monday 22nd December 2025 to Friday 2nd January 2026 Holiday
- School Re-opens (Spring Term Starts) Monday 5th January 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Monday 16th February to Friday 20th February 2026 Holiday
- School Re-opens Monday 23rd February 2026 Event
- School Closes for Easter Friday 27th March 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holidays Monday 30th March to Friday 10th April 2026 Holiday
- School Re-opens (Summer Term Starts) Monday 13th April 2026 Term
- May Day – School Closed Monday 4th May 2026 Event
- Summer Half Term Monday 25th May to Friday 29th May 2026 Holiday
- School Re-opens Monday 1st June 2026 Event
- INSET Day – Closed to Students Friday 3rd July 2026 Inset Day
- School Closes for Summer Friday 17th July 2026 Event
- INSET Day – School Closed Monday 20th July 2026 Inset Day
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Ashton Community Science College with Lancashire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 44.6 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Lancashire County Council England
Attendance 19.9% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Lancashire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 83% 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 Ashton Community Science College. 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 Ashton Community Science College 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.