UK Schools
Garstang Community Academy
Garstang Community Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Preston, Lancashire County Council, teaching 750 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Requires improvement at its last graded inspection in March 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 44.8 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Garstang Community 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 Garstang Community Academy.
- 1 Inset Day (School Closed to Students)
- 2 Inset Day (School Closed to Students)
- 3 Autumn Term Starts
- 17 Inset Day (School Closed to Students)
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 1 Inset Day (School Closed to Students)
- 19 Autumn Term Ends (school closes at 1.15pm)
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday (two-week break between Autumn and Spring terms)
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday (two-week break between Autumn and Spring terms)
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5 Spring Term Starts
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 23 Inset Day (School Closed to Students)
- 27 Spring Term Ends
- 30–31 Easter Holiday (two-week break between Spring and Summer terms)
- 1–10 Easter Holiday (two-week break between Spring and Summer terms)
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 13 Summer Term Starts
- 4 May Day (Early May Bank Holiday)
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 17 Summer Term Ends (school closes at 1.15pm)
- 18–31 Summer Holiday (six-week break)
- 20 Inset Day (School Closed to Students)
- 1–31 Summer Holiday (six-week break)
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
- 1–2 Summer Holiday (six-week break)
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Autumn Term Starts Sep 3, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term Ends (school closes at 1.15pm) Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Spring Term Starts Jan 5, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term Ends Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Summer Term Starts Apr 13, 2026 Term
- May Day (Early May Bank Holiday) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Ends (school closes at 1.15pm) Jul 17, 2026 Term
- Inset Day (School Closed to Students) Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day (School Closed to Students) Sep 2, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day (School Closed to Students) Oct 17, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day (School Closed to Students) Dec 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day (School Closed to Students) Feb 23, 2026 Inset Day
- Inset Day (School Closed to Students) Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
- Christmas Holiday (two-week break between Autumn and Spring terms) Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday (two-week break between Spring and Summer terms) Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday (six-week break) Jul 18 - Sep 2, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday 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 Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Garstang Community Academy with Lancashire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 44.8 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Lancashire County Council England
Attendance 23.8% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Lancashire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 95% 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 Garstang Community 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 Garstang Community 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.