Colne Park High School

Secondary · Colne · BB8 7DP

Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 21 April 2026 · report published 10 June 2026

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At a glance

989 pupils · 92% of 1,075 capacity

School type: Academy converter
Age range: 11–16
Gender: Mixed
Admissions: Non-selective
Free school meals: 32.7% of pupils
English as additional language: 3.9% of pupils
SEN support: 13.8% of pupils
EHC plan: 1.3% of pupils
Website: http://www.park-high.co.uk/
URN: 146228

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.99 first-choice applications per place

212 places offered · 209 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20

20/21

21/22

22/23

23/24

24/25

25/26

26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

GCSE results (2024/2025)

209 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score

England 46.1

Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs

59.3%

England 64.8%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

37.8%

England 45.4%

EBacc average point score

3.5

England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)

8.7%

England 6.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)

23.6%

England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher

15.8

England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% moved to another state school · 3% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£7,767

Typical secondary school£7,799

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training

85%

Continuing in education

72%

Apprenticeship

Employment

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

21 April 2026: Needs attention (report card inspection)
22 February 2022: School remains Good (ungraded inspection)

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

Nearby schools

Park Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 0.4 mi
Colne Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 0.5 mi
Newtown Nursery SchoolGood · Nursery · 0.6 mi
Foulridge Saint Michael and All Angels CofE Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 0.7 mi
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyNo current grade · Primary · 0.7 mi
West Street Community Primary SchoolNot yet graded · Primary · 0.7 mi
Colne Lord Street SchoolGood · Primary · 1.0 mi
The Nook SchoolNot yet graded · Special / other · 1.3 mi

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