SCHOOL PROFILE

Walton-Le-Dale High School: data, trends and context

Walton-Le-Dale High School is a secondary school in Lancashire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
150510
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Lancashire
Region
North West
Trust
ASPIRATIONAL FUTURES MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
PR5 6RN
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
688
FSM eligible
37.8%
EAL / First language other than English
14.4%
SEND (total)
31.8%
SEN Support
27.8%
EHCP
4.1%
White British
81.1%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
87.5%
Overall absence
12.5%
Persistent absence
39.2%
Severe absence
7.7%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
LancashireLocal authority91.5%8.5%2.8%
North WestRegion91.2%8.8%3.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
120.2%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
27.5%
Permanent exclusion rate
2.7%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
33.1
English & maths grade 5+
22.6%
English & maths grade 4+
39.0%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See Walton-Le-Dale High School against 25 similar schools

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Walton-Le-Dale High School is a secondary school in Lancashire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.