Applebee Wood Community Specialist School

Far Croft, Lostock Hall, South Ribble, Lancashire, PR5 5SS

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About this school

Applebee Wood Community Specialist School is a Community special school serving special age pupils, located in South Ribble, Lancashire. The school has 168 pupils enrolled. The Headteacher is John Cockerill (Interim). The school is administered by Lancashire local authority.

School details

Headteacher

John Cockerill (Interim)

Local authority

Lancashire

Gender

Mixed

URN

119880

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Applebee Wood Community Specialist School are handled by the school or the local authority (Lancashire). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

SATs Performance (Key Stage 2)

• The expected standard means pupils reached the level the Department for Education expects in reading, writing and maths combined by the end of primary school.
• The higher standard means pupils achieved a high score in reading and maths and were working at greater depth in writing.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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