St Cecilia's RC High School, Preston

In 2026, pupils at St Cecilia's RC High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.2 in Lancashire and 47 across England.

39% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Lancashire and 47% in England.

That is down from 46.2 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.12: pupils made 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 35, against 47.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 127 families put St Cecilia's RC High School as their first choice and 317 named it as one of their preferences, for 119 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 14 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Cecilia's RC High School are Longridge High School (0.1 miles, Attainment 8 51.1); 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).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than St Cecilia's RC High School.

87 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Cecilia's RC High School (as of September 2025): 89% would recommend the school, 89% say their child is happy there and 58% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that pupils behave well (93%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (58%).

Of the 96 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 72% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 32% to a further education college, 15% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

10.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (82%) and Mixed (5%).

In 2026, 33 pupils (5.7%) received SEN support and 23 (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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of St Cecilia's RC High School.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Cecilias RCHS (by), 60 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 71 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, St Cecilia's RC High School issued 93 suspensions, 16.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to St Cecilia's RC High School are Longridge Church of England Primary School (0.4 miles); Longridge St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles); Barnacre Road Primary School (0.7 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.