North West
Secondary schools in Lancashire
687 schools, 182,209 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 37.5.
Ofsted across Lancashire
Good303
Outstanding41
Requires improvement25
Inadequate7
No overall grade311
376 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 311 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Lancashire
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clitheroe Royal Grammar SchoolAcademy converter | Clitheroe | Outstanding 2022 | 74.4 |
| Lancaster Royal Grammar SchoolAcademy converter | Lancaster | Good 2021 | 74.1 |
| Lancaster Girls' Grammar SchoolAcademy converter | Lancaster | Good 2022 | 73.4 |
| Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar SchoolAcademy converter | Rossendale | Inadequate 2022 | 73.3 |
| Broughton High SchoolCommunity school | Preston | Outstanding 2022 | 59.3 |
| Bishop Rawstorne Church of England AcademyAcademy converter | Leyland | No grade | 59.3 |
| St Michael's Church of England High SchoolAcademy converter | Chorley | Good 2022 | 58.9 |
| Preston Muslim Girls High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | Outstanding 2022 | 56.2 |
| All Hallows Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | Outstanding 2023 | 55.6 |
| Archbishop Temple Church of England High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | No grade | 55.4 |
| St Bede's Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Ormskirk | No grade | 55 |
| Holy Cross Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Chorley | Good 2022 | 55 |
| Maharishi Free SchoolFree schools | Ormskirk | No grade | 54.1 |
| Penwortham Girls' High SchoolCommunity school | Preston | Outstanding 2024 | 52.9 |
| Balshaw's Church of England High SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Leyland | Good 2023 | 52.3 |
| Ripley St Thomas Church of England AcademyAcademy converter | Lancaster | Outstanding 2022 | 50.7 |
| Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High SchoolAcademy converter | Accrington | No grade | 50.7 |
| Whitworth Community High SchoolCommunity school | ROCHDALE | Good 2023 | 50.3 |
| Corpus Christi Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | No grade | 50.2 |
| Hutton Church of England Grammar SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | No grade | 50.1 |
| Our Lady's Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | Good 2022 | 50 |
| Eden Boys' School, PrestonFree schools | Preston | Outstanding 2024 | 49.8 |
| Hodgson AcademyAcademy converter | Poulton-Le-Fylde | Good 2022 | 49.5 |
| Burscough Priory AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Ormskirk | Good 2022 | 48.8 |
| Up Holland High SchoolAcademy converter | Wigan | Good 2023 | 48.8 |
| Millfield Science & Performing Arts CollegeCommunity school | Thornton-Cleveleys | Good 2022 | 48.5 |
| St Bede's Catholic High School, LythamVoluntary aided school | Lytham St Annes | No grade | 48.3 |
| Bowland HighAcademy converter | Clitheroe | Good 2022 | 47.8 |
| Lostock Hall AcademyAcademy converter | Preston | Good 2022 | 47.6 |
| Saint Aidan's Church of England High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Poulton-le-Fylde | Good 2023 | 47 |
| Tarleton AcademyAcademy converter | Preston | Good 2023 | 46.3 |
| St Cecilia's RC High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | No grade | 46.2 |
| Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | No grade | 46.1 |
| Baines SchoolVoluntary aided school | Poulton-le-Fylde | No grade | 45.8 |
| St Mary's Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Leyland | No grade | 45 |
| St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Clitheroe | Good 2023 | 44.9 |
| Garstang Community AcademyAcademy converter | Preston | Requires improvement 2024 | 44.8 |
| Ashton Community Science CollegeCommunity school | Preston | Good 2023 | 44.6 |
| Longridge High SchoolAcademy converter | Preston | Requires improvement 2021 | 44.6 |
| Parklands High SchoolAcademy converter | Chorley | Good 2023 | 44.4 |
| Haslingden High School and Sixth FormCommunity school | Rossendale | Good 2022 | 44.2 |
| Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Colne | Requires improvement 2023 | 44.1 |
| Albany AcademyAcademy converter | Chorley | Good 2024 | 43.7 |
| Ribblesdale SchoolCommunity school | Clitheroe | No grade | 43.5 |
| Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, FleetwoodVoluntary aided school | Fleetwood | No grade | 43.5 |
| Carr Hill High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Preston | Requires improvement 2024 | 43.5 |
| Penwortham Priory AcademyAcademy converter | Preston | No grade | 43.2 |
| Academy@WordenAcademy converter | Leyland | No grade | 43.2 |
| Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, HyndburnVoluntary aided school | Accrington | No grade | 42.7 |
| Pendle Vale CollegeCommunity school | Nelson | No grade | 42.5 |
| Ormskirk SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Ormskirk | No grade | 42.4 |
| Southlands High SchoolAcademy converter | Chorley | Requires improvement 2024 | 42.1 |
| Lathom High School : A Technology CollegeFoundation school | Skelmersdale | Good 2022 | 41.5 |
| Fulwood AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Preston | Good 2023 | 41.4 |
| Our Lady's Catholic CollegeVoluntary aided school | Lancaster | Requires improvement 2024 | 41.3 |
| Sir John Thursby Community CollegeFoundation school | Burnley | Good 2023 | 41 |
| The HollinsAcademy converter | Accrington | No grade | 40.7 |
| Unity CollegeFoundation school | Burnley | Requires improvement 2024 | 40.3 |
| Marsden Heights Community CollegeAcademy sponsor led | Nelson | Good 2023 | 40.3 |
| Carnforth High SchoolAcademy converter | Carnforth | No grade | 39.8 |
| Shuttleworth CollegeFoundation school | Burnley | No grade | 39.5 |
| Accrington AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Accrington | No grade | 39.4 |
| Moor Park High School and Sixth FormFoundation school | Preston | No grade | 39.3 |
| Burnley High SchoolFree schools | Burnley | No grade | 38.6 |
| Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Skelmersdale | No grade | 38.1 |
| Colne Park High SchoolAcademy converter | Colne | No grade | 38 |
| Wellfield AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Leyland | Requires improvement 2021 | 37.7 |
| Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Burnley | No grade | 37.6 |
| West Craven High SchoolAcademy converter | Barnoldswick | Requires improvement 2024 | 37.4 |
| The Hyndburn AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Blackburn | Good 2022 | 37.4 |
| Alder Grange SchoolCommunity school | Rossendale | No grade | 37 |
| Bay Leadership AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Morecambe | Good 2022 | 36.8 |
| Morecambe Bay AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Morecambe | Good 2023 | 36.8 |
| RhyddingsAcademy converter | Accrington | No grade | 36.5 |
| Christ The King Catholic High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Preston | Inadequate 2022 | 35.9 |
| Fleetwood High SchoolFoundation school | FLEETWOOD | Good 2022 | 35.8 |
| Lancaster High SchoolAcademy converter | Lancaster | Good 2023 | 35.6 |
| Colne Primet AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Colne | Requires improvement 2023 | 35.4 |
| All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Rossendale | Requires improvement 2024 | 35.3 |
| Walton-Le-Dale High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Preston | Requires improvement 2022 | 33.1 |
| The Valley Leadership AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bacup | No grade | 32.6 |
| Lytham St Annes High SchoolAcademy converter | Lytham St. Annes | Good 2022 | — |