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74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2
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Southlands High School
- Pupils on roll
- 821of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 29.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 197
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 6 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Southlands High School (URN 119738, until 1 December 2016).
What the data says
Southlands High School has no sixth form. Of the 178 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 3% moved to a sixth form college, 70% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 31% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.1 against 46.1 across England and 45.1 in Lancashire, with 28% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Southlands High School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Southlands High School | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 178 | 13,296 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 75% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 3% | 20% | 13% |
| — further education college | 70% | 48% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 8% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Southlands High School | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.1 | 45.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 39% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.73 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 26% | 26% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.7 | 32.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.4 | 49.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 4% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 196 | 99% | 88% | 10% | 22% | 63% |
| English Language | 196 | 99% | 89% | 14% | 20% | 67% |
| English Literature | 194 | 98% | 86% | 15% | 21% | 65% |
| Combined Science | 175 | 89% | 65% | 10% | 9% | 51% |
| History | 104 | 53% | 41% | 25% | 26% | 63% |
| Geography | 95 | 48% | 41% | 14% | 25% | 57% |
| Spanish | 75 | 38% | 19% | 19% | 27% | 67% |
| Fine Art | 61 | 31% | 9% | 11% | 28% | 69% |
| Physical Education | 27 | 14% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 44% |
| Religious Studies | 25 | 13% | 31% | 12% | 32% | 48% |
| Design and Technology | 22 | 11% | 11% | 9% | 23% | 77% |
| Computer Science | 21 | 11% | 13% | 29% | 30% | 43% |
| Biology | 21 | 11% | 23% | 14% | 45% | 67% |
| Physics | 19 | 10% | 23% | 21% | 46% | 74% |
| Music | 19 | 10% | 5% | 5% | 33% | 79% |
| Chemistry | 19 | 10% | 23% | 21% | 47% | 79% |
| Drama | 13 | 7% | 7% | 54% | 27% | 100% |
| Dance | 11 | 6% | 1% | 45% | 27% | 82% |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tourism | 106 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 39 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 33 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 31 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 26 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 12 | — | — |
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All Hallows Catholic High School
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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.