Schools in the PR5 postcode district
Chorley, Preston
The newest figures for each school. "1st prefs per place" is how many families put the school first, for each place it gave out. It measures demand, not whether a child would get a place. A dash means the figure is not available.
Demand for places in PR5
Across the 18 schools here with figures, the middle one drew 0.96 first preferences for every place it offered. 8 of 18 were named first by more families than they had places.
Demand is not admission. A school can be named first by far more families than it has places and still admit every applicant living in its catchment. Nothing on this page says anything about property values, and no figure here should be read as evidence about them.
Published admission zones covering PR5
993 of 993 live postcodes in this district (100%) fall inside at least one published admission zone. Being inside a zone is not an offer: it is one criterion among several, applied in a year we may not hold.
| Zone | School | Phase | Postcodes here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lostock Hall Academy | Lostock Hall Academy | secondary | 802 |
| Walton-Le-Dale High School | Walton-Le-Dale High School | secondary | 646 |
| Balshaw's Church of England High School | Balshaw's Church of England High School | secondary | 85 |
| Penwortham Girls' High School | Penwortham Girls' High School | secondary | 20 |
| Penwortham Priory Academy | Penwortham Priory Academy | secondary | 20 |
| Ashton Community Science College | Ashton Community Science College | secondary | 1 |
"Postcodes here" counts the postcodes in PR5 that fall inside the area. It does not count the whole area. A postcode can sit inside more than one area at a time. For example, a normal school area and a church school area can overlap.
Secondary
| School | 1st prefs per place | Demand since | Latest Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School
Preston |
0.94 | - | Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Lostock Hall Academy
Preston |
1.20 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Walton-Le-Dale High School
Preston |
0.56 | - | Requires improvement Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |