Academy converter · Lancashire

Lancaster Girls' Grammar School

11–18Ages
1,038Pupils
SecondaryPhase
SelectiveGrammar school
GirlsPupils
Sixth formAges 16–18
136381URN

Regent Street, Lancaster, LA1 1SF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.7per place

0.8 below Lancashire median (2.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LancashireSelective

315 applications for 184 places · 75th of 81 in Lancashire

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

72.1of 90

Lancashire 43.8 England 46.0

2nd of 81 in Lancashire

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 21 September 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management		Good
Sixth form provision	Outstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.7applications per place, Year 7

0.8 below Lancashire median (2.5) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

315 applications · 184 places offered · 208 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

2026 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
2025 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
2024 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
2023 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
2022 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.5
2021 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
2020 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.8
2019 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.7
2018 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
2017 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.7
2016 1.5; Lancashire median median 2.7
2015 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
2014 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.6

More applications per place than the Lancashire median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
Lancashire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	184	315	1.7	208	1.13
Sep 2025	177	292	1.7	194	1.10
Sep 2024	149	268	1.8	169	1.13
Sep 2023	143	277	1.9	171	1.20
Sep 2022	145	270	1.9	162	1.12
Sep 2021	144	304	2.1	198	1.38
Sep 2020	148	256	1.7	169	1.14
Sep 2019	150	269	1.8	168	1.12
Sep 2018	140	229	1.6	162	1.16
Sep 2017	139	217	1.6	154	1.11
Sep 2016	140	209	1.5	154	1.10
Sep 2015	111	184	1.7	133	1.20
Sep 2014	114	181	1.6	124	1.09

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

143 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)72.12nd of 81 in Lancashire

Lancashire 43.8 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths96%3rd of 81 in Lancashire

Lancashire 39% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths99%

Lancashire 64% England 66%

This school
Lancashire median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.69

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	143	72.1	96%	99%	–
2024/25	141	73.4	92%	99%	–
2023/24	144	73.7	95%	100%	+0.69
2022/23	142	71.6	94%	98%	+0.54

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Lancaster Girls' Grammar SchoolThis school
This school

Good2022

1.7applications per place 72.1Attainment 8 Selective
Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy
0.7 km · Lancashire

Outstanding2022

3.2applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
Lancaster Royal Grammar School
0.9 km · Lancashire

2026

1.8applications per place 71.6Attainment 8 Selective
Our Lady's Catholic College
1.0 km · Lancashire

Requires improvement2024

2.8applications per place 41.1Attainment 8
Lancaster High School
1.6 km · Lancashire

Good2023

2.9applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
Morecambe Bay Academy
4.5 km · Lancashire

Good2023

1.9applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
Bay Leadership Academy
5.2 km · Lancashire

Good2022

3.0applications per place 37.0Attainment 8
Carnforth High School
9.4 km · Lancashire

2026

4.2applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
Garstang Community Academy
17.5 km · Lancashire

Requires improvement2024

2.3applications per place 45.0Attainment 8

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

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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 136381 · 888/5402
Trust: Lancaster Girls' Grammar School
Admissions policy: Selective
Capacity: 1,065 pupils · 1,038 on roll
Free school meals: 7.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 January 2011
Replaced: Lancaster Girls' Grammar School (URN 119811)
Address: Regent Street, Lancaster, LA1 1SF
Local authority: Lancashire · Lancaster

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources