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Lancaster Royal Grammar School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,294Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • ChristianReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136742URN

East Road, Lancaster, LA1 3EF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
0.8 below Lancashire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LancashireSelective

287 applications for 164 places · 71st of 81 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
71.6of 90
3rd of 81 in Lancashire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 9 June 2026Published 7 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourExceptional
Personal development and wellbeingExceptional
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 9 June 2026
    Report card · 2 Exceptional, 5 Strong standard
  2. 19 October 2021
    Graded inspection: Good

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
1.8applications per place, Year 7
0.8 below Lancashire median (2.5) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

287 applications · 164 places offered · 183 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
  9. 2018 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
  10. 2017 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.7
  11. 2016 1.5; Lancashire median median 2.7
  12. 2015 1.5; Lancashire median median 2.7
  13. 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261642871.81831.12
Sep 20251583051.92031.28
Sep 20241673151.92021.21
Sep 20231602651.71851.16
Sep 20221572731.71821.16
Sep 20211602971.92051.28
Sep 20201642711.71851.13
Sep 20191592771.71951.23
Sep 20181642681.61951.19
Sep 20171562451.61821.17
Sep 20161402131.51681.20
Sep 20151352061.51581.17
Sep 20141352141.61511.12

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

170 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)71.63rd of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths94%4th of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths98%
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.59
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17071.694%98%–
2024/2517074.199%100%–
2023/2417272.095%100%+0.59
2022/2317272.297%99%+0.67

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

  • 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.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136742 · 888/5401
Trust
Lancaster Royal Grammar School
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious character
Christian
Capacity
1,165 pupils · 1,294 on roll
Free school meals
8.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
15 April 2011
Replaced
Lancaster Royal Grammar School (URN 119810)
Address
East Road, Lancaster, LA1 3EF
Local authority
Lancashire · Lancaster

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