Broughton High School, Preston

In 2026, pupils at Broughton High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 55.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.2 in Lancashire and 47 across England.

67% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Lancashire and 47% in England.

That is down from 59.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.55: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 48.6, against 56.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 7.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 234 families put Broughton High School as their first choice and 768 named it as one of their preferences, for 168 places offered. That is 1.4 first choices for every place. 75 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Broughton High School are Fulwood Academy (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.8); Lancashire Education Medical Services (1.5 miles); Corpus Christi Catholic High School (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 54.1); and Our Lady's Catholic High School (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 54.9).

Broughton High School's 2026 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Of the 177 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 88% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 25% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

10.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 5.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (75%), Asian (11%) and Mixed (5%).

In 2026, 98 pupils (10.5%) received SEN support and 41 (4.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Broughton High School.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is High School Grounds (outside), 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Broughton High School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 32 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Lancashire (109).

In 2024/25, Broughton High School issued 36 suspensions, 3.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Broughton High School are Broughton-in-Amounderness Church of England Primary School (0.2 miles); Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Preston (0.7 miles); Harris Primary School (1 mile); and St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham (1.1 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.