Graded inspection · Oct 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in LancashireSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
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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 entry407 applications · 136 places offered · 213 named it first
- 2026 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2021 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2020 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.8
- 2019 1.5; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2018 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2017 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2016 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2015 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Lancashire median
Dashed bars: as Heysham High School Sports College (URN 119711), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
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 | 136 | 407 | 3.0 | 213 | 1.57 |
| Sep 2025 | 147 | 409 | 2.8 | 219 | 1.49 |
| Sep 2024 | 144 | 364 | 2.5 | 178 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2023 | 149 | 346 | 2.3 | 178 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2022 | 178 | 295 | 1.7 | 160 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2021 | 148 | 229 | 1.6 | 132 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2020 | 143 | 221 | 1.6 | 106 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2019 | 154 | 223 | 1.5 | 110 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2018 * | 127 | 278 | 2.2 | 120 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2017 * | 111 | 269 | 2.4 | 109 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 * | 118 | 293 | 2.5 | 116 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 * | 101 | 255 | 2.5 | 93 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2014 * | 157 | 312 | 2.0 | 131 | 0.83 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 135 | 37.0 | 31% | 47% | – |
| 2024/25 | 126 | 36.8 | 29% | 52% | – |
| 2023/24 | 114 | 34.6 | 26% | 47% | −0.52 |
| 2022/23 | 107 | 29.6 | 17% | 35% | −0.87 |
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
- Bay Leadership AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20223.0applications per place 37.0Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · LancashireGood20231.9applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · LancashireRequires improvement20242.8applications per place 41.1Attainment 8
- 5.2 km · LancashireGood20221.7applications per place 72.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 5.5 km · LancashireOutstanding20223.2applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · Lancashire20261.8applications per place 71.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 6.3 km · LancashireGood20232.9applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 10.6 km · Lancashire20264.2applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 16.1 km · Westmorland and Furness20261.4applications per place 49.8Attainment 8
- 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 144646 · 888/4022
- Trust
- Star Academies
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,276 pupils · 726 on roll
- Free school meals
- 49.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2018
- Replaced
- Heysham High School Sports College (URN 119711)
- Address
- Osborne Road, Morecambe, LA3 1AB
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Lancaster
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources