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74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2
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Lancaster High School
- Pupils on roll
- 567of 750 places
- Free school meals
- 48.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 95
- Ofsted
- Good, 26 September 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Central Lancaster High School (URN 119770, until 1 July 2019).
What the data says
Lancaster High School has no sixth form. Of the 102 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 59% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 35.6 against 46.1 across England and 45.1 in Lancashire, with 25% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
11% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Design and Technology is unusually popular at GCSE: 26% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
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 | Lancaster High School | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 102 | 13,296 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 84% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 76% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 16% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 20% | 13% |
| — further education college | 59% | 48% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 11% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Lancaster High School | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 35.6 | 45.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 46% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 12% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.02 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 41% | 26% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 28.7 | 32.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 40.5 | 49.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 13% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 94 | 99% | 86% | 1% | 21% | 57% |
| English Language | 94 | 99% | 89% | 1% | 20% | 56% |
| Mathematics | 93 | 98% | 88% | 4% | 22% | 55% |
| Combined Science | 66 | 69% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 33% |
| History | 60 | 63% | 41% | 0% | 26% | 15% |
| Geography | 55 | 58% | 41% | 4% | 25% | 36% |
| Physics | 28 | 29% | 23% | 14% | 46% | 61% |
| Chemistry | 28 | 29% | 23% | 7% | 47% | 64% |
| Biology | 28 | 29% | 23% | 7% | 45% | 64% |
| Religious Studies | 26 | 27% | 31% | 4% | 32% | 50% |
| Design and Technology | 25 | 26% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 20% |
| Fine Art | 17 | 18% | 9% | 6% | 28% | 53% |
| French | 15 | 16% | 18% | 20% | 29% | 67% |
| Music | 7 | 7% | 5% | 29% | 33% | 29% |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 45 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 30 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 28 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 18 | — | — |
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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.