Foundation school

Fleetwood High School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formLancashire, North West · FLEETWOOD FY7 8HETrust: Fleetwood Education TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,025of 1,040 places
Free school meals
50.6%
Year 11 cohort 2025
167
Ofsted
Good, 14 June 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Fleetwood High School has no sixth form. Of the 197 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 24% moved to a sixth form college, 44% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.

21% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 35.8 against 46.1 across England and 45.1 in Lancashire, with 26% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in Spanish add up to 17% of the year group, and 16% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Lancashire and England.

Fleetwood High School
Lancashire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureFleetwood High SchoolLancashireEngland
Pupils in the cohort19713,296607,348
Any sustained destination73%90%92%
Stayed in education68%81%86%
— school sixth form0%12%34%
— sixth form college24%20%13%
— further education college44%48%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship2%5%3%
Employment4%4%3%
No sustained destination21%7%6%
Destination unknown6%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureFleetwood High SchoolLancashireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)35.845.146.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths26%44%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths52%64%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects16%34%41%
EBacc average point score3.153.954.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort56%26%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils31.232.734.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils41.549.350.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language1%12%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language16699%89%7%20%52%
Mathematics16699%88%7%22%58%
English Literature15895%86%6%21%57%
Combined Science13078%65%2%9%51%
History10160%41%19%26%64%
Geography4628%41%4%25%30%
Business Studies3018%18%7%20%50%
Spanish2917%19%7%27%34%
Biology2314%23%9%45%83%
Physics2314%23%9%46%74%
3D Design2314%2%0%16%74%
Chemistry2314%23%9%47%83%
Art and Design2113%7%5%24%76%
Computer Science127%13%8%30%33%
Graphic Communication74%1%0%23%43%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports / Movement Science45
Hospitality / Catering Studies29
Health Studies21
Computer Appreciation / Introduction13
Music performance: Group11
Multimedia7
Music performance: Group1

Other secondary schools in Lancashire

Academy@Worden

Academy converter · 660 pupils

74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2

Accrington Academy

Academy sponsor led · 953 pupils

79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.4

Albany Academy

Academy converter · 725 pupils

76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7

Alder Grange School

Community school · sixth form · 899 pupils

82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.0

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.