Academy sponsor led · Secondary
Leyland · PR25 2TP · Lancashire
Ages 11–16
Status: Open
0.7 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 119775
Balshaw's Church of England High School
Voluntary controlled school · Leyland · PR25 3AH
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
921
Local authority
Lancashire
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 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 voluntary controlled school (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Leyland, Lancashire, 921 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 13.4%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Blackburn.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 119775
Location
- Address
- Church Road
- Postcode
- PR25 3AH
- Town
- Leyland
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- South Ribble
- Constituency
- South Ribble
- 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
- 921
- Boys / girls
- 492 / 429
- School capacity
- 925
- Capacity fill
- 921 / 925 (100%)
- Free school meals
- 13.4%
- FSM pupils
- 123
- 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
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Blackburn
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Steven Haycocks
- Telephone
- 01772421009
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
Good
Inspection date
2023-02-02
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
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
- 52.1
- Progress 8
- 0.2
- English & maths grade 5+
- 58%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 80%
- EBacc entry
- 63%
- EBacc APS
- 4.8