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Schools in Lancaster

  • 66State-funded schools
  • 52Primary
  • 8Secondary

Admissions are run by Lancashire for the whole county.

Applications per placeCircle size: applications
Applications per place · secondary
2.8
0.2 above Lancashire median (2.5)
Median school in Lancaster
New Ofsted report cards
18of 66 schools
First choice · secondary · Lancashire-wide
87%
Lancashire admissions

What has Ofsted found here?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report cards 18 schools of 66 · since November 2025

  • Inclusion
  • Curriculum and teaching
  • Achievement
  • Attendance and behaviour
  • Personal development and wellbeing
  • Early years (14)
  • Post-16 provision (1)
  • Leadership and governance

One dot per school.

Overall grade from Ofsted's previous framework 43 schools · graded 2013 to 2024

  • Outstanding5
  • Good34
  • Requires improvement4
  • Inadequate0

Includes grades confirmed by a later ungraded inspection. Not comparable with report cards.

Graded 2024/25, no overall grade 5 schools

Key judgementOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of education–311
Behaviour and attitudes131–
Personal development221–
Leadership and management–4–1

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Secondary schools in Lancaster

8 schools · Year 7 entry 2026

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Sorted by applications per place for September 2026 entry, highest first.

Sorted by Attainment 8, highest first.

Sorted by the date of the latest Ofsted inspection, newest first.

Sorted by name.

Sources: DfE admissions (Sept 2026), KS4 results, Ofsted.
SchoolLatest OfstedApplications per placeAttainment 8FSM
Carnforth High School 2026 4.2 applications per place 43.5 32%
Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy Faith Outstanding2022 3.2 applications per place 49.1 11%
Bay Leadership Academy Good2022 3.0 applications per place 37.0 49%
Lancaster High School Good2023 2.9 applications per place 41.8 49%
Our Lady's Catholic College Faith Requires improvement2024 2.8 applications per place 41.1 40%
Morecambe Bay Academy Good2023 1.9 applications per place 39.7 44%
Lancaster Royal Grammar School Selective Faith 2026 1.8 applications per place 71.6 9%
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School Selective Good2022 1.7 applications per place 72.1 7%

Sources: DfE admissions (Sept 2026), KS4 results, Ofsted. FSM: free school meals.

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Primary schools in Lancaster

52 schools · Reception entry 2026

Sorted by applications per place for September 2026 entry, highest first.

Sources: DfE admissions (Sept 2026), KS2 results, Ofsted.
SchoolLatest OfstedApplications per placeSATs standardFSM
Cawthorne's Endowed School Faith Good2024 17.0small intake applications per place 67% 15%
Carnforth Christ Church, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary School Faith 2026 9.0small intake applications per place 63% 16%
Hornby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School Faith 2026 6.0small intake applications per place 55% 6%
Mossgate Primary School Remains Good2024 4.8 applications per place 70% 29%
St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster Faith Requires improvement2024 4.8small intake applications per place 33% 56%
Leck St Peter's Church of England Primary School Faith 2026 4.3small intake applications per place 40% 6%
Nether Kellet Community Primary School Graded · no overall grade2025 4.3 applications per place 69% 8%
Caton Primary School Standards maintained2025 4.3small intake applications per place 63% 21%
Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School Remains Good2023 4.0 applications per place 70% 21%
Heysham St Peter's Church of England Primary School Faith Remains Good2024 3.6 applications per place 76% 12%
Scotforth St Paul's Church of England Primary and Nursery School Faith Good2023 3.6 applications per place 63% 11%
Great Wood Primary School Remains Good2022 3.3 applications per place 73% 10%
Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary School Graded · no overall grade2025 3.2 applications per place 73% 13%
Slyne-with-Hest, St Luke's, Church of England Primary School Faith 2026 3.1 applications per place 74% 8%
Yealand Church of England Primary School Faith 2026 3.0small intake applications per place – 13%
Moorside Primary School Remains Good2023 2.9 applications per place 70% 10%
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, Lancaster Faith Outstanding2024 2.9 applications per place 79% 10%
Bowerham Primary & Nursery School 2026 2.9 applications per place 60% 15%
Poulton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School Faith 2026 2.8 applications per place 36% 39%
Melling St Wilfrid Church of England Primary School Faith 2026 2.8small intake applications per place 50% 0%
Dolphinholme Church of England Primary School Faith Good2024 2.8small intake applications per place 85% 5%
West End Primary School Good2022 2.8 applications per place 52% 50%
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe Faith Requires improvement2024 2.8 applications per place 52% 39%
Quernmore Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Faith Remains Good2024 2.6small intake applications per place 69% 10%
Castle View Primary Academy Serious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade2025 2.6small intake applications per place 31% 56%
The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster Faith Standards maintained2025 2.6 applications per place 80% 25%
Skerton St Luke's Church of England Primary School Faith 2026 2.6 applications per place 40% 37%
Morecambe Bay Community Primary School 2026 2.5 applications per place 30% 61%
Lancaster Christ Church Church of England Primary School Faith 2026 2.5 applications per place 64% 18%
St Wilfrid's Cof E Primary School Faith Graded · no overall grade2024 2.5 applications per place 64% 12%
Carnforth Community Primary School Good2024 2.4small intake applications per place 29% 28%
Lancaster Road Primary School 2026 2.4 applications per place 53% 46%
Arkholme Church of England Primary School Faith Good2024 2.3small intake applications per place 42% 2%
Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School 2026 2.3 applications per place 65% 19%
Over Kellet Wilson's Endowed Church of England Primary School Faith Good2024 2.3small intake applications per place 70% 7%
Bolton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School Faith Good2022 2.3 applications per place 59% 10%
Cockerham Parochial CofE Primary School Faith Good2023 2.2small intake applications per place 54% 9%
Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School Requires improvement2024 2.2 applications per place 53% 42%
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth Faith Remains Good2022 2.1small intake applications per place 54% 27%
Warton Archbishop Hutton's VC Primary School Remains Good2024 1.9small intake applications per place 36% 20%
Overton St Helen's Church of England Primary School Faith Remains Good2023 1.9 applications per place 64% 17%
Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School Good2023 1.8 applications per place 41% 43%
Willow Lane Community Primary School Graded · no overall grade2025 1.8 applications per place 46% 38%
Lancaster Ryelands Primary School 2026 1.7 applications per place 63% 58%
Caton St Paul's Church of England Primary School Faith 2026 1.7 applications per place 73% 6%
Silverdale St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Faith Good2024 1.7small intake applications per place 57% 2%
Ellel St John the Evangelist Church of England Primary School Faith Remains Good2022 1.6 applications per place 71% 10%
Tatham Fells Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Faith Remains Good2024 1.6small intake applications per place – 4%
Wray with Botton Endowed Primary School Faith Standards maintained2025 1.6small intake applications per place 50% 8%
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Faith Remains Good2023 1.5 applications per place 57% 39%
Morecambe and Heysham Sandylands Community Primary School Remains Good2023 1.5 applications per place 60% 45%
Thurnham Glasson Christ Church, Church of England Primary School Faith Special measures 2026 no data – 8%

Sources: DfE admissions (Sept 2026), KS2 results, Ofsted. FSM: free school meals.

Special schools and other provision

6 schools