Penwortham Priory Academy
Secondary schoolPenwortham Priory Academy is a secondary school in South Ribble, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 745 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, March 2025
Before that: Good (overall), March 2020
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 3 March 2020
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 26 March 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Penwortham Priory Academy was 47.0, against 46.7 in South Ribble and 46.2 in England.
49.6% 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 | 47.0 | 46.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 49.6% | 44.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64.5% | 67.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 141 | – | – |
- 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
In a straight line- Penwortham Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)210 m
- Penwortham, St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 2023. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)220 m
- Whitefield Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)840 m
- Penwortham Girls' High SchoolSecondary. Outstanding (overall), May 2024. Attainment 8 of 55.4 (2025/26, provisional)970 m
- Cop Lane Church of England Primary School, PenworthamPrimary. Good (overall), June 2024. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- All Hallows Catholic High SchoolSecondary. Outstanding (overall), February 2023. Attainment 8 of 53.6 (2025/26, provisional)1.2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in South Ribble
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).