Pleckgate is in the top ten schools in the UK for the second successive year.
The information, released last week by the Department of Education, put Pleckgate in sixth spot nationally, based on results for schools across the UK with similar prior attainment.
It means Pleckgate have once again cemented their place as a ‘Beacon of Success’.
It caps a good year for the school, which enjoyed a 10 per cent rise in students enrolling in Year Seven in September, as Pleckgate was also crowned Lancashire Telegraph School of the Year in 2016.
“It once again shows students at Pleckgate continually get a high level of education,” said Head teacher Mr Cocker, who took over in January 2016 and oversaw Pleckgate becoming an Academy in February this year.
“We offer a quality well-rounded education and are continuing to build on what we are doing here year on year, making us one of the best in the country.”
And Pleckgate is once again setting the pace in the new accountability measure for schools, Progress 8 – with schools judged on their progress across eight key subjects. “This year has been the second successive year that Pleckgate has recorded a Progress 8 score that is better than the national average.”
Pleckgate celebrated a 60% pass rate for students achieving grades A*-C, in both English and maths in their GCSE results in August, with a high percentage of students exceeding their expected progress in both English and maths.