UK Schools
Broughton High School
Broughton High School is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Preston, Lancashire County Council, teaching 932 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its last graded inspection in September 2022. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 59.3 (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 Broughton 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 Broughton High School.
- 1 Inset Day (1)
- 2 School Opens
- 18 Open Evening (School closes 1:00pm)
- 19 Inset Day (2)
- 24 School Closes for Autumn Half Term
- 3 School Opens after Autumn Half Term
- 21 Inset Day (3)
- 19 School Closes for Christmas Holiday
- 5 School Opens (Spring Term begins)
- 13 School Closes for Spring Half Term
- 23 School Opens after Spring Half Term
- 27 School Closes for Easter Holiday
- 13 School Opens (Summer Term begins)
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 22 School Closes for Summer Half Term
- 1 School Opens after Summer Half Term
- 16 School Closes for Summer Holiday
- 17 Inset Day (4)
- 20 Inset Day (5)
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Inset Day (1) Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- School Opens Sep 2, 2025 Event
- Open Evening (School closes 1:00pm) Sep 18, 2025 Event
- Inset Day (2) Sep 19, 2025 Inset Day
- School Closes for Autumn Half Term Oct 24, 2025 Holiday
- School Opens after Autumn Half Term Nov 3, 2025 Holiday
- Inset Day (3) Nov 21, 2025 Inset Day
- School Closes for Christmas Holiday Dec 19, 2025 Holiday
- School Opens (Spring Term begins) Jan 5, 2026 Term
- School Closes for Spring Half Term Feb 13, 2026 Holiday
- School Opens after Spring Half Term Feb 23, 2026 Holiday
- School Closes for Easter Holiday Mar 27, 2026 Holiday
- School Opens (Summer Term begins) Apr 13, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- School Closes for Summer Half Term May 22, 2026 Holiday
- School Opens after Summer Half Term Jun 1, 2026 Holiday
- School Closes for Summer Holiday Jul 16, 2026 Holiday
- Inset Day (4) Jul 17, 2026 Inset Day
- Inset Day (5) Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Broughton High School with Lancashire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 59.3 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Lancashire County Council England
Attendance 8.9% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Lancashire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 98% 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 Broughton 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 Broughton 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.