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Christ The King Catholic High School

Secondary · Preston · PR1 4PR

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Inadequate

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: Requires improvementPersonal development: Requires improvementLeadership & management: InadequateSafeguarding effective: No

Inspected 28 September 2022

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At a glance

446 pupils · 100% of 420 capacity

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
48.3% of pupils
English as additional language
35.8% of pupils
SEN support
16.4% of pupils
EHC plan
2.6% of pupils
Website
www.ctk.lancs.sch.uk
URN
150615

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.79 first-choice applications per place

95 places offered · 75 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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)

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

Attainment 8 score
35.9
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
43%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
20.3%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.1
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)
8.8%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
28.5%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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£9,740
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.

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