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Secondary schools in Lancashire, ranked

The 81 secondary schools here are ranked by their average Attainment 8 score in 2024/25, from the Department for Education's published results. Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26, so it cannot be used.

Exam results are one part of the picture, and rankings never include Ofsted judgements: inspections from different eras cannot fairly be compared. Special schools and independent schools are not ranked, because their published figures do not compare fairly either. Each school's own page has its inspection history and context.

  1. 1
    Clitheroe Royal Grammar School

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    74.4
    Attainment 8
  2. 2
    Lancaster Royal Grammar School

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    74.1
    Attainment 8
  3. 3
    73.4
    Attainment 8
  4. 4
    73.3
    Attainment 8
  5. 5
    Broughton High School

    Community school

    59.3
    Attainment 8
  6. 6
    59.3
    Attainment 8
  7. 7
    58.9
    Attainment 8
  8. 8
    Preston Muslim Girls High School

    Voluntary aided school

    56.2
    Attainment 8
  9. 9
    All Hallows Catholic High School

    Voluntary aided school

    55.6
    Attainment 8
  10. 10
    55.4
    Attainment 8
  11. 11
    Holy Cross Catholic High School

    Voluntary aided school

    55.0
    Attainment 8
  12. 12
    St Bede's Catholic High School

    Voluntary aided school

    55.0
    Attainment 8
  13. 13
    Maharishi Free School

    Free schools

    54.1
    Attainment 8
  14. 14
    52.9
    Attainment 8
  15. 15
    Balshaw's Church of England High School

    Voluntary controlled school

    52.3
    Attainment 8
  16. 16
    50.7
    Attainment 8
  17. 17
    50.7
    Attainment 8
  18. 18
    50.3
    Attainment 8
  19. 19
    Corpus Christi Catholic High School

    Voluntary aided school

    50.2
    Attainment 8
  20. 20
    50.1
    Attainment 8
  21. 21
    Our Lady's Catholic High School

    Voluntary aided school

    50.0
    Attainment 8
  22. 22
    49.8
    Attainment 8
  23. 23
    Hodgson Academy

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    49.5
    Attainment 8
  24. 24
    Burscough Priory Academy

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    48.8
    Attainment 8
  25. 25
    Up Holland High School

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    48.8
    Attainment 8
  26. 26
    48.5
    Attainment 8
  27. 27
    48.3
    Attainment 8
  28. 28
    Bowland High

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    47.8
    Attainment 8
  29. 29
    Lostock Hall Academy

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    47.6
    Attainment 8
  30. 30
    47.0
    Attainment 8
  31. 31
    Tarleton Academy

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    46.3
    Attainment 8
  32. 32
    St Cecilia's RC High School

    Voluntary aided school

    46.2
    Attainment 8
  33. 33
    46.1
    Attainment 8
  34. 34
    Baines School

    Voluntary aided school

    45.8
    Attainment 8
  35. 35
    St Mary's Catholic High School

    Voluntary aided school

    45.0
    Attainment 8
  36. 36
    44.9
    Attainment 8
  37. 37
    Garstang Community Academy

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    44.8
    Attainment 8
  38. 38
    Longridge High School

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    44.6
    Attainment 8
  39. 39
    44.6
    Attainment 8
  40. 40
    Parklands High School

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    44.4
    Attainment 8
  41. 41
    44.2
    Attainment 8
  42. 42
    44.1
    Attainment 8
  43. 43
    Albany Academy

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    43.7
    Attainment 8
  44. 44
    Carr Hill High School

    Academy sponsor led

    43.5
    Attainment 8
  45. 45
    Ribblesdale School

    Community school

    43.5
    Attainment 8
  46. 46
    43.5
    Attainment 8
  47. 47
    Academy@Worden

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    43.2
    Attainment 8
  48. 48
    Penwortham Priory Academy

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    43.2
    Attainment 8
  49. 49
    42.7
    Attainment 8
  50. 50
    Pendle Vale College

    Community school

    42.5
    Attainment 8
  51. 51
    Ormskirk School

    Academy sponsor led

    42.4
    Attainment 8
  52. 52
    Southlands High School

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    42.1
    Attainment 8
  53. 53
    41.5
    Attainment 8
  54. 54
    Fulwood Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    41.4
    Attainment 8
  55. 55
    Our Lady's Catholic College

    Voluntary aided school

    41.3
    Attainment 8
  56. 56
    41.0
    Attainment 8
  57. 57
    The Hollins

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    40.7
    Attainment 8
  58. 58
    Unity College

    Foundation school

    40.3
    Attainment 8
  59. 59
    Marsden Heights Community College

    Academy sponsor led

    40.3
    Attainment 8
  60. 60
    Carnforth High School

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    39.8
    Attainment 8
  61. 61
    Shuttleworth College

    Foundation school

    39.5
    Attainment 8
  62. 62
    Accrington Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    39.4
    Attainment 8
  63. 63
    39.3
    Attainment 8
  64. 64
    Burnley High School

    Free schools

    38.6
    Attainment 8
  65. 65
    38.1
    Attainment 8
  66. 66
    Colne Park High School

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    38.0
    Attainment 8
  67. 67
    Wellfield Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    37.7
    Attainment 8
  68. 68
    37.6
    Attainment 8
  69. 69
    West Craven High School

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    37.4
    Attainment 8
  70. 70
    The Hyndburn Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    37.4
    Attainment 8
  71. 71
    Alder Grange School

    Community school

    37.0
    Attainment 8
  72. 72
    Bay Leadership Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    36.8
    Attainment 8
  73. 73
    Morecambe Bay Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    36.8
    Attainment 8
  74. 74
    Rhyddings

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    36.5
    Attainment 8
  75. 75
    35.9
    Attainment 8
  76. 76
    Fleetwood High School

    Foundation school

    35.8
    Attainment 8
  77. 77
    Lancaster High School

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    35.6
    Attainment 8
  78. 78
    Colne Primet Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    35.4
    Attainment 8
  79. 79
    35.3
    Attainment 8
  80. 80
    Walton-Le-Dale High School

    Academy sponsor led

    33.1
    Attainment 8
  81. 81
    The Valley Leadership Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    32.6
    Attainment 8

Common questions

Which is the best secondary school in Lancashire?
By 2024/25 exam results alone, Clitheroe Royal Grammar School ranks first of 81 ranked secondary schools in Lancashire, with an average Attainment 8 score of 74.4. Results reflect each school's cohort as well as its teaching, so treat the ranking as a starting point rather than a verdict.
How are schools in Lancashire ranked?
Secondary schools are ranked by their average Attainment 8 score in 2024/25, from the Department for Education's published results; Progress 8 is suspended nationally, so it cannot be used. Ofsted judgements are never part of the ranking, because inspections from different eras cannot fairly be compared, and special and independent schools are not ranked because their published figures do not compare fairly.
How many secondary schools are ranked in Lancashire?
81 secondary schools in Lancashire published 2024/25 results and are ranked here. Schools without published results, special schools and independent schools are listed on the area's own page instead.

Exam results come from the Department for Education's school performance service and cover the 2024/25 academic year. Schools without published results for that year are not listed.