Walton-Le-Dale High School
Secondary schoolWalton-Le-Dale High School is a secondary school in South Ribble, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 688 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), March 2022, before the school changed
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 15 March 2022
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
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 Walton-Le-Dale High School was 33.4, against 46.7 in South Ribble and 46.2 in England.
18% 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 | 33.4 | 46.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 18% | 44.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 35.3% | 67.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 133 | – | – |
- 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- The Coppice SchoolSpecial. School remains Good, May 2024480 m
- Bamber Bridge St Aidan's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 20% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)520 m
- Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High SchoolSecondary. Standards maintained, May 2025. Attainment 8 of 44.4 (2025/26, provisional)560 m
- St Mary's and St Benedict's Roman Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)930 m
- St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School, Walton-le-DalePrimary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Higher Walton Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)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).