Preston College
Preston College is a further education in Preston for boys and girls aged 16 to 99.
Fulwood Campus, St Vincent's Road, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 8UR01772 225000Mrs Kate Wallace principal & cexAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
A level and sixth-form results, 2025
1,310 students finished sixth-form courses.
All sixth-form measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 1,310 | 1,241 | 1,010 | 993 | 1,663 | 1,737 |
| Average A level points per entryA level APS per entry | – | – | 7.27 | – | 28.57 | 24.42 |
| Average A level grade | z | – | E- | z | C | D+ |
| Best three A levelsBest 3 A levels APS | – | – | – | – | 11.89 | 12.37 |
| AAB or better in subjects universities likeAAB+ in two facilitating subjects | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| A level progressA level value added | – | – | – | – | -0.54 | -0.35 |
| Applied general courses: points per entry | 25.55 | 23.32 | 25.99 | 29.22 | – | – |
| T levels: points per entry | 22.90 | 25.17 | 22.74 | 25.20 | – | – |
| Stayed and finishedRetained and assessed | – | – | – | 93% | 93% | 84% |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Lancashire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
What pupils do next
After sixth form
Where the 919 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 52%, compared with 74% for everyone else.
Where the ones heading for university went
Among students from low-income families, 29% went on to degree-level study or training and 0% to a top-third university.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers | 2019/20 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 67% | 67% | 67% | – |
| Education | 18% | 18% | 23% | – |
| Apprenticeship | 14% | 12% | 13% | 4% |
| Work | 35% | 37% | 31% | – |
| Not in education, work or training | 27% | 27% | 26% | – |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop Temple Church of England High School | Church of England | 260 m | 891 | No overall grade 2025 | 67 | Compare |
| The Olive School, Preston | Free school | 430 m | 421 | Not inspected | 95 | Compare |
| Corpus Christi Catholic High School | Roman Catholic | 490 m | 813 | No overall grade 2025 | 93 | Compare |
| Kennington Primary School | Council | 560 m | 246 | Good 2024 | 46 | Compare |
| St Pius X Preparatory School | Independent | 670 m | 131 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Lancashire Education Medical Services | Miscellaneous | 820 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Clare's Catholic Primary School, Preston | Academy | 860 m | 279 | Report card 2026 | 80 | Compare |
| Sherwood Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 425 | No overall grade 2024 | 99 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Preston College a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Preston College yet.
How many pupils does Preston College have?
The number of pupils is not published.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Fulwood Campus, St Vincent's Road, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 8UR
- Telephone
- 01772 225000
- Principal & Cex
- Mrs Kate Wallace
- Type of school
- Further education (Further education, colleges)
- Phase
- College, ages 16-99
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Ward
- Sharoe Green
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 130740 · LAESTAB 8888015 · UKPRN 10005200
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.