# Penwortham Girls' High School

Penwortham Girls' High School is a secondary school in South Ribble, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 799 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E119765. [South Ribble](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 799
- Council: South Ribble
- URN: 119765

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Outstanding (overall), May 2024
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 21 May 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Outstanding
- Quality of education: Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Penwortham Girls' High School was 55.4, against 46.7 in South Ribble and 46.2 in England.
62.5% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | South Ribble | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 55.4 | 46.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 62.5% | 44.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 86.3% | 67.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 160 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Cop Lane Church of England Primary School, Penwortham](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cop-lane-church-of-england-primary-school-penwortham-e119363): 590 m. Primary. Good (overall), June 2024. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Penwortham, St Teresa's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/penwortham-st-teresas-catholic-primary-school-e119699): 750 m. Primary. School remains Good, July 2023. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Penwortham Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/penwortham-primary-school-e119157): 790 m. Primary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Penwortham Priory Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/penwortham-priory-academy-e138948): 970 m. Secondary. Standards maintained, March 2025. Attainment 8 of 47.0 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Whitefield Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/whitefield-primary-school-e119293): 990 m. Primary. School remains Good, March 2023. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Penwortham Middleforth Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/penwortham-middleforth-church-of-england-primary-school-e119382): 1.1 km. Primary. School remains Good, April 2023. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/119765)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/119765)

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