Walton-le-Dale High School
Brindle Road, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 6RN
This school is closed (it closed in May 2024).
It was replaced by Walton-Le-Dale High School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Vicky Ardern
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 785
- Pupils on roll
- 748
- URN
- 119743
- Local authority
- Lancashire
About this school
Walton-le-Dale High School was a community secondary school in Preston. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 748 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Walton-le-Dale High School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 151 | 149 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.8 | 31.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.66 -0.88 to -0.43 | -0.91 -1.14 to -0.68 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 29% | 14.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 36.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 8% | 8.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.2 | 2.6 |
Trends over time
How Walton-le-Dale High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lancashire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 38.8 | 38.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 31.1 | 37.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 37 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 14.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 17.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 772 |
| 2023/24 | 748 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Walton-le-Dale High School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 1% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 17.5% | 35.6% | 748 | — |
| Walton-Le-Dale High School | 33.1 | 12.5% | 36.5% | 688 | 0.0 miles |
| Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School | 46.1 | 7.4% | 23.3% | 772 | 0.4 miles |
| Lostock Hall Academy | 47.6 | 7.2% | 18.1% | 759 | 1.2 miles |
| Christ The King Catholic High School | 35.9 | 9.2% | 46.4% | 446 | 1.7 miles |
| Eden Boys' School, Preston | 49.8 | 4.3% | 26.1% | 615 | 2.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 35.6%
- English as an additional language
- 6.4%
- Overall absence
- 17.5%
- Persistent absence
- 48.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Walton-Le-Dale High School0.0 miles
Secondary · Preston
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Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School0.4 miles
Secondary · Preston
-
Lostock Hall Academy1.2 miles
Secondary · Preston
-
Christ The King Catholic High School1.7 miles
Secondary · Preston
-
Eden Boys' School, Preston2.0 miles
Secondary · Preston
Other schools in Preston
- All Hallows Catholic High School Secondary
- Archbishop Temple Church of England High School Secondary
- Ashton Community Science College Secondary
- Broughton High School Secondary
- Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School Secondary
- Carr Hill High School Secondary
- Christ The King Catholic High School Secondary
- Corpus Christi Catholic High School Secondary
- Eden Boys' School, Preston Secondary
- Fulwood Academy Secondary
- Garstang Community Academy Secondary
- Hutton Church of England Grammar School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Walton-le-Dale High School teach?
- Walton-le-Dale High School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Preston.
- Has Walton-le-Dale High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Walton-le-Dale High School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Walton-le-Dale High School?
- Walton-le-Dale High School had 748 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Walton-le-Dale High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 38.8 in 2022/23 and 31.1 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Walton-le-Dale High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Walton-le-Dale High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 9 July 2024.