UK Schools
Balshaw's Church of England High School
Balshaw's Church of England High School is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Leyland, Lancashire County Council, teaching 921 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in February 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 52.3 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 19 December 2025 to 20 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Balshaw's Church of England High School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Balshaw's Church of England High School.
- 1–2 Training Days
- 3 School Re-opens
- 3 Training Day
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 14 Training Day
- 19 Early Closure at 1pm (End of Autumn Term)
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 5 Training Day
- 6 School Re-opens (Spring Term Begins)
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 27 Early Closure at 1pm (End of Spring Term)
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 13 School Re-opens (Summer Term Begins)
- 4 May Day Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 20 Early Closure at 1pm (End of Summer Term)
- 21–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Training Days Sep 1-2, 2025 Inset Day
- School Re-opens Sep 3, 2025 Event
- Training Day Oct 3, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Training Day Nov 14, 2025 Inset Day
- Early Closure at 1pm (End of Autumn Term) Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Training Day Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- School Re-opens (Spring Term Begins) Jan 6, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Early Closure at 1pm (End of Spring Term) Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- School Re-opens (Summer Term Begins) Apr 13, 2026 Term
- May Day Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Early Closure at 1pm (End of Summer Term) Jul 20, 2026 Term
- Summer Holiday Jul 21 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Balshaw's Church of England High School with Lancashire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 52.3 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Lancashire County Council England
Attendance 12.9% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Lancashire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 92% 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 Balshaw's 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 Balshaw's 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.