Broughton High School

Postal address Woodplumpton Lane
Broughton
Preston PR3 5JJ
Telephone 01772 863849
Headteacher Mr D Botes
Number on roll January 2024 912
Admission number 2025/26 180

Information relating to autumn term 2024 year 7 admissions

Total parental preferences (considered equally)

1st 321 
2nd 301
3rd 285 
Total preferences received 907

Initial allocation under each criterion:

Education, Health & Care Plan
LAC and previously Looked After
Social/Medical/Welfare 0
In GPA with Sibling 43
In GPA no sibling 130
Out GPA with sibling 0
Out GPA no sibling 0
LA Allocated 2
Total 187

Summary of policy

This is a community school. Please see the full admission details on our website - admissions criteria for community and voluntary controlled secondary schools.

To apply for a place at this school, please apply online.

When a secondary school is oversubscribed the following priorities apply in order:

  1. Looked after children or a child who was previously looked after, but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement order, or special guardianship order or those children who appear to the school to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted, then 
  2. Children for whom the Local Authority accepts that there are exceptional medical social or welfare reasons which are directly relevant to the school concerned, then
  3. Children eligible for Services Premium, then
  4. Children living within the school's geographical priority area with older brothers and sisters attending the school when the younger child will start.
  5. Children living within the school's geographical priority area, then
  6. Children living outside the school's geographical priority area with older brothers or sisters still attending the school when the younger child will start, then
  7. Children living outside the school's geographical priority area.

The distance criterion which will be used as the tie breaker if there is oversubscription within any of the admission criteria is a straight line (radial) measure.  If the Local Authority is unable to distinguish between applicants using the published criteria (e.g. twins or same block of flats), places will be offered via a random draw.

The distance measure is a straight line (radial) measure centre of building to centre of building.

Geographical priority area

Parishes of Barton, Broughton, Inskip with Sowerby, Lea (part of*), Preston (part of**) and Woodplumpton

*The area bounded by Lea Lane, Sidgreaves Lane, Hoyles Lane and the Woodplumpton parish boundary.  This area is shared with Ashton Community Science College's Geographical Priority Area.

**The area bounded by the Woodplumpton parish boundary, the West Coast Main Line (railway line), and the B6241 (Lightfoot Lane/Tom Benson Way) in a westerly direction back to the Woodplumpton parish boundary.  This area is shared with Ashton Community Science College's Geographical Priority Area.

Transport

Please see the main school admissions section.

Parents in any doubt over the distance between home and school for the provision of transport are asked to check with their local area education office. This may be particularly relevant if you live close to a county border.