# Sir Tom Finney Community High School

Sir 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.

Special school. Code E135346. [Preston](https://openindex.co.uk/preston)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Community special school
- Ages: 11 to 19
- Pupils: 255
- Council: Preston
- URN: 135346

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, March 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 29 March 2023
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 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

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

- [Moor Nook Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/moor-nook-community-primary-school-e119236): 250 m. Primary. Good (overall), December 2022. 26% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School, Preston](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-blessed-sacrament-catholic-primary-school-preston-e149414): 260 m. Primary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 36% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Preston Grange Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/preston-grange-primary-school-e119232): 680 m. Primary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Preston Greenlands Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/preston-greenlands-community-primary-school-e119233): 750 m. Primary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Brockholes Wood Community Primary School and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brockholes-wood-community-primary-school-and-nursery-e119230): 970 m. Primary. School remains Good, February 2024. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, Preston](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-maria-goretti-catholic-primary-school-preston-e151966): 1 km. Primary. Good (overall), January 2024, before the school changed

## 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/135346)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/135346)

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