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Balshaw's Church of England High School

Secondary Local authority maintained school in Leyland PR25 3AH

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  • School Reference Number: 119775
  • Address: Church Road, Leyland PR25 3AH
  • Headteacher: Mr Steven Haycocks
  • Telephone: 01772 421009
  • Website: balshaws.org.uk
  • Type: Local authority maintained schools
  • Sub-Type: Voluntary controlled school
  • Phase: Secondary
  • Pupil Capacity: 925
  • Local Education Authority: Lancashire
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 11 to 16
  • Religious Ethos: Christian
  • Admissions Policy: Non-selective

Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 02/02/2023

Rating published on 20/03/2023

Overall effectiveness: Good

Quality of education: Good

Behaviour and attitudes: Good

Personal development: Good

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
2 February 2023 21 March 2023 School inspection Good
10 February 2015 16 April 2015 Curriculum and development visit
17 September 2013 9 October 2013 Full inspection Outstanding
9 January 2012 20 March 2012 Interim assessment
7 December 2010 4 February 2011 Curriculum and development visit
4 June 2009 23 June 2009 Full inspection Good
14 June 2006 6 July 2006 Full inspection Good
30 October 2000 7 February 2001 Full inspection

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Unique Reference Number119775
Local Authority Code888
Local Authority NameLancashire
Establishment Number4500
School / College NameBalshaw's Church of England High School
Establishment Type Code03
Establishment typeVoluntary controlled school
Establishment Type Group Code4
Establishment Type GroupLocal authority maintained schools
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code00
Reason establishment openedNot applicable
Open date
Reason Establishment Closed Code00
Reason establishment closedNot applicable
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 4
Phase of educationSecondary
Age range Low11
Age range High16
Boarders Code1
BoardersNo boarders
Nursery provisionNo Nursery Classes
Official Sixth Form Code2
Official sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code02
Religious characterChurch of England
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Diocese CodeCE03
DioceseDiocese of Blackburn
Admissions Policy Code4
Admissons policyNon-selective
School capacity925
Special Classes Code2
Special classesNo Special Classes
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils921
Number of Boys466
Number of Girls455
Percentage Free School Meals12.90
Trust School Flag Code0
Trust School Flag Not applicable
Trusts Code
Academy trust or Trust
School Sponsor FlagNot applicable
Academy sponsor
Federation FlagNot under a federation
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10015034
FEHE Identifier
Further education typeNot applicable
Last Changed Date15-11-2024
StreetChurch Road
Locality
Address3
TownLeyland
County (name)Lancashire
PostcodePR25 3AH
Websitewww.balshaws.org.uk
Telephone01772421009
Headteacher/Principal titleMr
Headteacher/Principal first nameSteven
Headteacher/Principal last nameHaycocks
Headteacher/Principal Job TitleHeadteacher
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provisionNot applicable
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providersNot applicable
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provision
Resourced provision number on roll
Resourced provision capacity
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeB
Government Office RegionNorth West
District CodeE07000126
DistrictSouth Ribble
Ward CodeE05010218
WardBuckshaw & Worden
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001491
Parliamentary ConstituencySouth Ribble
Urban/Rural CodeC1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Urban city and town
GSS LA CodeE10000017
Easting354779
Northing421458
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)South Ribble 016
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)South Ribble 016C
Inspectorate Name
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code923
Previous local authorityPre LGR (1998) Lancashire
Previous establishment number4500
Country
UPRN100012756343
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02005302
LSOA CodeE01025434
Free School Meals119
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN119775
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/119775
LAESTAB8884500
School nameBalshaw's Church of England High School
Ofsted phaseSecondary
Type of educationVoluntary Controlled School
School open dateN/A
Admissions policyNon-selective
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Designated religious characterChurch of England
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Faith groupingChristian
Ofsted regionNorth West
RegionNorth West
Local authorityLancashire
Parliamentary constituencySouth Ribble
Multi-academy trust UIDN/A
Multi-academy trust nameN/A
Academy sponsor UIDN/A
Academy sponsor nameN/A
PostcodePR25 3AH
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile1
Total number of pupils921
Statutory lowest age11
Statutory highest age16
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspectionN/A
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspectionN/A
Date of latest ungraded inspectionN/A
Ungraded inspection publication dateN/A
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?N/A
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeN/A
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspectionN/A
Inspection number of latest graded inspection10265452
Inspection typeS5 Inspection
Inspection type groupingS5 Inspection
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date02/02/2023
Publication date20/03/2023
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection119775
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection8884500
School name at time of latest graded inspectionBalshaw's Church of England High School
School type at time of latest graded inspectionVoluntary Controlled School
Current school type used for chart C6Maintained school
Overall effectivenessGood
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Safeguarding is effective?Yes
Early years provisionN/A
Sixth form provisionN/A
Previous inspection numberITS426271
Previous inspection start date17/09/2013
Previous publication date09/10/2013
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of previous graded inspection119775
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspection8884500
School name at time of previous graded inspectionBalshaw's Church of England High School
School type at time of previous graded inspectionVoluntary Controlled School
Previous graded inspection overall effectiveness1
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementOutstanding
Previous safeguarding is effective?N/A
Previous early years provisionN/A
Previous sixth form provisionN/A

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