Voluntary aided school · Secondary
Preston · PR2 3SQ · Lancashire
Ages 11–16
Status: Open
1.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 119707
Ashton Community Science College
Community school · Preston · PR2 1SL
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
837
Local authority
Lancashire
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Preston, Lancashire, 837 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: special school, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 36.9%. SEN provision includes: HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication.
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Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 119707
Location
- Address
- Aldwych Drive, Ashton
- Postcode
- PR2 1SL
- Town
- Preston
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Preston
- Constituency
- Preston
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 837
- Boys / girls
- 469 / 368
- School capacity
- 800
- Capacity fill
- 837 / 800 (105%)
- Free school meals
- 36.9%
- FSM pupils
- 309
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision and SEN unit
- Resourced places
- 13 on roll / 20 capacity
- SEN unit places
- 11 on roll / 16 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Janet Hoyle
- Telephone
- 01772513002
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-06-20
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 40.3
- Progress 8
- -0.1
- English & maths grade 5+
- 31%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 49%
- EBacc entry
- 12%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5