Broughton High School

Term dates

Lancashire council sets the term dates for this school. See all Lancashire dates, taken from the council's own page.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

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Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 234 families put this school as their first choice, and 168 places were offered. 159 of the families who put it first got a place (68%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 27 September 2022. Overall: Outstanding

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Community school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–16

Pupils

932 (capacity 900)

Gender

Mixed

Phone

01772863849

Address

Woodplumpton Lane, Broughton, Preston, PR3 5JJ

Website

broughtonhigh.co.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports