State-fundedAcademy converter · Lancashire · PR4 6AQ
Secondary (no sixth form) · ages 11–16
Tarleton Academy is a state-funded school in Lancashire, teaching pupils aged 11 to 16.
| 2023–24 | 2022–23 | 2021–22 | 3-year average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress 8 | +0.2871st percentile | +0.1865th percentile | +0.1360th percentile | +0.2067th percentile |
| Attainment 8 | 47.460th percentile | 48.564th percentile | 50.160th percentile | 48.763rd percentile |
Progress 8 for 2023–24 was +0.28 — above average, the 71st percentile nationally. On average pupils left with grades about 0.28 of a grade per subject higher than pupils across England who had the same results at the end of primary school.
The 95% confidence interval for 2023–24 runs +0.04 to +0.52. That sits entirely above zero, so the above-average result is very unlikely to be chance. It has risen in each of the years shown (2021–22 to 2023–24), which is a more convincing signal than any single year.
Attainment 8 is the average grade pupils leave with across eight GCSEs; it tells you where they ended up, and tracks the intake a school admits as much as anything the school does. Progress 8 compares those grades with pupils nationally who had the same results at the end of primary school, so it is the better measure of what a school added.
| Grade 5+ in English & Maths | 43%50th percentile |
|---|---|
| EBacc average point score | 4.1157th percentile |
A school can post a respectable overall score while coasting one group and carrying the average on another. The row that matters to you is the one your own child sits in.
| 2023–24 | 2022–23 | 2021–22 | 3-year average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower starters | +0.28 | +0.47 | -0.04 | +0.24 |
| Middle starters | +0.24 | +0.03 | +0.25 | +0.17 |
| Higher starters | +0.37 | +0.16 | +0.00 | +0.18 |
129 families named this school first for 137 places for 2026 entry — 0.94 first preferences per place.
| 2026 entry | 2025 entry | 2024 entry | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per place | 0.94× | 0.89× | 0.87× |
This is how sought-after a school is, not how good it is — demand tracks house prices and older siblings as much as anything a school does. It is also not your chance of getting in: a school with two applicants per place can still admit everyone living near it, while a less popular school a mile further away turns you down. Distance is usually what decides it, and that depends on your address.
| Overall absence | 10.4%25th percentile |
|---|---|
| Persistently absent pupils | 32.7%20th percentile |
Absence is worth reading next to results: it is a plainer signal of whether pupils are turning up and engaged than any grade average. Across the schools in this dataset the overall absence rate averages 9.0%, so this school is above the norm.
School remains Good
The outcome of an ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school's previous grade still holds rather than issuing a new one.
The GCSE results here are for 2023–24 and earlier, which describes pupils who have already left. Nothing on this page covers where pupils go next, A-level or sixth-form results, pastoral care, how far a school pushes music, sport or drama, or how it feels to walk around — and those are the things parents most often say settled it. Visit at an open evening before you rank a school.
Nor is any of it a prediction of a place. Whether your child is offered one depends on the school's admission criteria and, most often, on how far you live from the gate.
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