UK Schools
Christ The King Catholic High School
Christ The King Catholic High School is a mixed secondary academy in Preston, Lancashire County Council, teaching 446 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Inadequate at its last graded inspection in September 2022. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 35.9 (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 Christ The King Catholic 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 Christ The King Catholic High School.
- 1 INSET Day – All Staff
- 2 School opens for Year 7 and 11
- 3 School opens for Year 8, 9 and 10
- 24 School closes for Half Term
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 1–3 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 4 School re-opens after Half Term
- 21 School closed for INSET Day
- 19 School closes for Christmas Holiday
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 5 School re-opens for Spring Term
- 13 School closes for Half Term
- 16–23 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 24 School re-opens after Half Term
- 27 School closes for Easter Holiday
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 13 School re-opens for Summer Term
- 4 School closed for May Day Bank Holiday
- 5 School re-opens after May Day
- 22 School closes for Half Term
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 1 School re-opens after Half Term
- 17 School closes for Summer Holiday
- 20–31 Summer Holiday (approx. six weeks)
- 1–31 Summer Holiday (approx. six weeks)
- 1 Summer Holiday (approx. six weeks)
Key dates (2025–2026)
- INSET Day – All Staff Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- School opens for Year 7 and 11 Sep 2, 2025 Event
- School opens for Year 8, 9 and 10 Sep 3, 2025 Event
- School closes for Half Term Oct 24, 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 27–Nov 3, 2025 Holiday
- School re-opens after Half Term Nov 4, 2025 Holiday
- School closed for INSET Day Nov 21, 2025 Inset Day
- School closes for Christmas Holiday Dec 19, 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025–Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- School re-opens for Spring Term Jan 5, 2026 Term
- School closes for Half Term Feb 13, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 16–Feb 23, 2026 Holiday
- School re-opens after Half Term Feb 24, 2026 Holiday
- School closes for Easter Holiday Mar 27, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Mar 30–Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- School re-opens for Summer Term Apr 13, 2026 Term
- School closed for May Day Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- School re-opens after May Day May 5, 2026 Event
- School closes for Half Term May 22, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25–May 29, 2026 Holiday
- School re-opens after Half Term Jun 1, 2026 Holiday
- School closes for Summer Holiday Jul 17, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday (approx. six weeks) Jul 20, 2026–Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Christ The King Catholic High School with Lancashire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 35.9 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Lancashire County Council England
Attendance 28.6% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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 Christ The King Catholic 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 Christ The King Catholic 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.