North West
Special 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.
Special schools in Lancashire
Sorted by name. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acorns Primary SchoolCommunity special school | Preston | No grade | — |
| Aurora Brooklands SchoolOther independent special school | Leyland | No grade | — |
| Aurora Keyes Barn SchoolOther independent special school | Lancashire | No grade | — |
| Belmont SchoolOther independent special school | Rossendale | No grade | — |
| Bleasdale SchoolCommunity special school | Carnforth | Outstanding 2024 | — |
| Bridgeway SchoolOther independent special school | Lancashire | No grade | — |
| Broadfield Specialist SchoolCommunity special school | Burnley | Outstanding 2024 | — |
| Brook View SchoolOther independent special school | Preston | No grade | — |
| Brookfield SchoolCommunity special school | Poulton-le-Fylde | Good 2022 | — |
| Calder Lodge SchoolOther independent special school | Lancashire | No grade | — |
| Cambian Red Rose SchoolOther independent special school | Lancashire | No grade | — |
| Chorley Astley Park SchoolCommunity special school | Chorley | Outstanding 2024 | — |
| Compass Community School LancashireOther independent special school | Burnley | No grade | — |
| Crookhey Hall SchoolOther independent special school | Lancashire | No grade | — |
| Cumberland SchoolOther independent special school | Bolton | No grade | — |
| Elm Tree Community Primary SchoolCommunity special school | Skelmersdale | Outstanding 2023 | — |
| Great Arley SchoolCommunity special school | Thornton-Cleveleys | Good 2024 | — |
| Grow Independent SchoolOther independent special school | Barrowford | No grade | — |
| Hillside Specialist School and CollegeCommunity special school | Preston | Good 2024 | — |
| Holdsworth SchoolOther independent special school | Burnley | No grade | — |
| Holly Grove SchoolCommunity special school | Burnley | Outstanding 2023 | — |
| Hope High SchoolCommunity special school | Skelmersdale | No grade | — |
| Kingsbury Primary Special SchoolCommunity special school | Skelmersdale | Outstanding 2023 | — |
| Kirkham Pear Tree SchoolCommunity special school | Preston | Outstanding 2023 | — |
| Linton SchoolOther independent special school | Lancashire | No grade | — |
| Maple House SchoolOther independent special school | Manchester | No grade | — |
| Mayfield House SchoolOther independent special school | Lancashire | No grade | — |
| Mayfield SchoolCommunity special school | Chorley | Good 2022 | — |
| Meadow View Learning CentreOther independent special school | Chorley | No grade | — |
| Moorbrook SchoolCommunity special school | Preston | No grade | — |
| Moorlands View SchoolOther independent special school | Burnley | No grade | — |
| Morecambe Road SchoolCommunity special school | Morecambe | Good 2023 | — |
| Moss View SchoolOther independent special school | Skelmersdale | No grade | — |
| New Focus EducationOther independent special school | Preston | No grade | — |
| Oakfield House SchoolOther independent special school | Preston | No grade | — |
| Oliver House SchoolOther independent special school | Chorley | No grade | — |
| Oswaldtwistle White Ash SchoolCommunity special school | Accrington | No grade | — |
| Park ViewOther independent special school | Accrington | No grade | — |
| Pendle Community High School & CollegeCommunity special school | Nelson | Outstanding 2024 | — |
| Pendle View Primary SchoolCommunity special school | Colne | Outstanding 2023 | — |
| Pioneer TECOther independent special school | Preston | No grade | — |
| Pontville SchoolOther independent special school | Ormskirk | No grade | — |
| Poplar House SchoolOther independent special school | Lancashire | No grade | — |
| Progress SchoolOther independent special school | Preston | No grade | — |
| Rainbow Hub SchoolOther independent special school | Ormskirk | No grade | — |
| Rawtenstall Cribden House Community Special SchoolCommunity special school | Rossendale | Outstanding 2024 | — |
| Red Rose SchoolOther independent special school | Lytham St Annes | No grade | — |
| Ridgewood Community High SchoolCommunity special school | Burnley | Good 2023 | — |
| Roselyn House SchoolOther independent special school | Leyland | No grade | — |
| Rossendale SchoolOther independent special school | Bury | No grade | — |
| Royal Cross Primary SchoolCommunity special school | Preston | No grade | — |
| Silver Birch SchoolOther independent special school | Burnley | No grade | — |
| Sir Tom Finney Community High SchoolCommunity special school | Preston | Good 2023 | — |
| TRUST-Education Group LtdOther independent special school | Preston | No grade | — |
| The Coppice SchoolCommunity special school | Preston | Good 2024 | — |
| The Loyne Specialist SchoolCommunity special school | Lancaster | Outstanding 2024 | — |
| The Nook SchoolOther independent special school | Lancashire | No grade | — |
| The Ribble Autism SchoolOther independent special school | Preston | No grade | — |
| The Rose SchoolCommunity special school | Burnley | No grade | — |
| The WillowsOther independent special school | Rishton | No grade | — |
| Thornton-Cleveleys Red Marsh SchoolCommunity special school | Blackpool | Outstanding 2024 | — |
| Waterloo LodgeOther independent special school | Lancashire | No grade | — |
| West Lancashire Community High SchoolCommunity special school | Skelmersdale | Good 2024 | — |
| Westmorland SchoolOther independent special school | Chorley | No grade | — |
| WoodlandsOther independent special school | Rossendale | No grade | — |