Sir Tom Finney Community High School
Special schoolSir Tom Finney Community High School is a special school in Preston, for pupils aged 11 to 19. It had 255 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026School remains Good, March 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection
- School remains Good, 29 March 2023
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 Sir Tom Finney Community High School was 0.6, against 49.9 in Preston and 46.2 in England.
0% 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 | Preston | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 0.6 | 49.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 53% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 3.6% | 71.1% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 28 | – | – |
- Sir Tom Finney Community High School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- 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- Moor Nook Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), December 2022. 26% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)250 m
- The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School, PrestonPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 36% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)260 m
- Preston Grange Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)680 m
- Preston Greenlands Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)750 m
- Brockholes Wood Community Primary School and NurseryPrimary. School remains Good, February 2024. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)970 m
- St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, PrestonPrimary. Good (overall), January 2024, before the school changed1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Preston
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).