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Lancaster High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 567Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 147260URN

Crag Road, Lancaster, LA1 3LS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.9per place
0.4 above Lancashire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LancashireSelective

354 applications for 122 places · 30th of 81 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
41.8of 90
53rd of 81 in Lancashire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 26 September 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

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
2.9applications per place, Year 7
0.4 above Lancashire median (2.5) 0.7 above England median (2.2)

354 applications · 122 places offered · 102 named it first

  1. 2026 2.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.9; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.9; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  12. 2015 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Lancashire median

Dashed bars: as Central Lancaster High School (URN 119770), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261223542.91020.84
Sep 20251203452.9960.80
Sep 20241153132.7820.71
Sep 20231233242.6790.64
Sep 20221282642.1630.49
Sep 20211302732.1610.47
Sep 20201122842.5820.73
Sep 2019 *1483092.1900.61
Sep 2018 *1022842.8730.72
Sep 2017 *1022962.9990.97
Sep 2016 *1252992.41120.90
Sep 2015 *862853.3740.86
Sep 2014 *1323342.51100.83

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

106 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)41.853rd of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths37%54th of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths60%
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.61
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)10641.837%60%–
2024/259535.625%46%–
2023/2413033.523%42%−0.61
2022/2310237.225%45%−0.16

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
147260 · 888/4405
Trust
The Bay Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
750 pupils · 567 on roll
Free school meals
48.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 October 2019
Replaced
Central Lancaster High School (URN 119770)
Address
Crag Road, Lancaster, LA1 3LS
Local authority
Lancashire · Lancaster

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