Walton-Le-Dale High School
Secondary school in Preston, Lancashire. Requires improvement (Mar 2022).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 15 March 2022, report published 21 June 2022, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to Walton-le-Dale High School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Walton-Le-Dale High School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around September 2024
The last inspection was in March 2022. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2027 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby secondary schools
- 0.4 milesBrownedge St Mary's Catholic High School
Standards maintained (May 2025)
- 1.2 milesLostock Hall Academy
School remains Good (Nov 2022)
- 1.7 milesChrist The King Catholic High School
Report card, Jul 2026: 3 expected, 3 needs attention
- 2.0 milesEden Boys' School, Preston
School remains Outstanding (May 2024)
- 2.5 milesPreston Muslim Girls High School
School remains Outstanding (Dec 2022)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.