UK Schools
Fulwood Academy
Fulwood Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Preston, Lancashire County Council, teaching 973 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in June 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 41.4 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 19 December 2025 to 16 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Fulwood Academy.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Fulwood Academy.
- 1 Inset Day
- 2 School re-opens for all pupils (8:35am Yr 7; 10:00am Years 8–11)
- 11 Open Evening – School closes at 12:35pm (Open 4:00pm–7:30pm)
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 3 School re-opens after half term
- 28 Inset Day
- 19 End of Autumn Term – 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 re-opens for Spring Term
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 27 End of Spring Term
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday (Public Holiday)
- 6 Easter Monday (Public Holiday)
- 13 School re-opens for Summer Term
- 4 May Day Bank Holiday (School closed)
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 26 Inset Day
- 16 End of Summer Term – School closes at 12:30pm
- 17 Inset Day
- 20 Inset Day
- 21–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
- 1 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Inset Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- School re-opens for all pupils (8:35am Yr 7; 10:00am Years 8–11) Sep 2, 2025 Event
- Open Evening – School closes at 12:35pm (Open 4:00pm–7:30pm) Sep 11, 2025 Event
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- School re-opens after half term Nov 3, 2025 Holiday
- Inset Day Nov 28, 2025 Inset Day
- End of Autumn Term – School closes at 12:30pm Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- School re-opens for Spring Term Jan 5, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- End of Spring Term Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- School re-opens for Summer Term Apr 13, 2026 Term
- May Day Bank Holiday (School closed) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Inset Day Jun 26, 2026 Inset Day
- End of Summer Term – School closes at 12:30pm Jul 16, 2026 Term
- Inset Day Jul 17, 2026 Inset Day
- Inset Day Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Holiday Jul 21 - Sep 1, 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 May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday 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 Fulwood Academy with Lancashire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 41.4 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Lancashire County Council England
Attendance 19.4% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Lancashire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 81% 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 Fulwood Academy. 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 Fulwood Academy 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.