Longridge High School, Preston

In 2026, pupils at Longridge High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 51.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.2 in Lancashire and 47 across England.

50% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Lancashire and 47% in England.

That is up from 44.6 in 2025.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 41.5, against 53.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 155 families put Longridge High School as their first choice and 318 named it as one of their preferences, for 184 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Longridge High School are St Cecilia's RC High School (0.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44); Lancashire Education Medical Services (4.7 miles); Corpus Christi Catholic High School (4.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 54.1); and Archbishop Temple Church of England High School (5 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 56.9).

Longridge High School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Longridge High School is one of 6 schools run by The Bay Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.2 in 2024/25.

Of the 158 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 73% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 30% to a further education college, 7% to an apprenticeship and 7% into work.

33.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 5.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (84%) and Mixed (5%).

In 2026, 113 pupils (14%) received SEN support and 17 (2.1%) 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 Longridge High School.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 72 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Lancashire (109).

In 2024/25, Longridge High School issued 289 suspensions, 35.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 9 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Longridge High School are Longridge Church of England Primary School (0.4 miles); Longridge St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles); Barnacre Road Primary School (0.6 miles); and Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, Longridge (1.2 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.