Lytham St Annes High School
Albany Road, Lytham St. Annes, FY8 4GW
This school is closed (it closed in January 2025).
It was replaced by Lytham St Annes High School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Ray Baker
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Fylde
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 1,655
- Pupils on roll
- 1,612
- URN
- 119740
- Local authority
- Lancashire
About this school
Lytham St Annes High School was a foundation secondary school in Lytham St. Annes. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 1,612 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Lytham St Annes High School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 285 | 314 | 301 |
| Attainment 8 score | 46.6 | 42.8 | 49.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.16 -0.32 to +0.01 | -0.44 -0.60 to -0.28 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 48% | 36.6% | 48.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% | 60.2% | 73.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 13% | 22% | 46.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Lytham St Annes High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lancashire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 46.6 | 38.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 42.8 | 37.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 49.3 | 37 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,577 |
| 2023/24 | 1,630 |
| 2024/25 | 1,612 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lytham St Annes High School compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 74% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49.3 | 10.6% | 24.8% | 1,612 | — |
| Lytham St Annes High School | — | — | — | 1,588 | 0.0 miles |
| St Bede's Catholic High School, Lytham | 48.3 | 7.5% | 14.4% | 817 | 1.8 miles |
| Highfield Leadership Academy | 30 | 16.4% | 56% | 751 | 3.1 miles |
| St George's School A Church of England Academy | 55.5 | 5.5% | 33.6% | 1,038 | 3.6 miles |
| South Shore Academy | — | 12.6% | 63.5% | 550 | 3.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 24.81%
- English as an additional language
- 4.8%
- Overall absence
- 10.61%
- Persistent absence
- 27.09%
Location
Nearby schools
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Lytham St Annes High School0.0 miles
Secondary · Lytham St. Annes
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St Bede's Catholic High School, Lytham1.8 miles
Secondary · Lytham St Annes
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Highfield Leadership Academy3.1 miles
Secondary · Blackpool
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St George's School A Church of England Academy3.6 miles
Secondary · Blackpool
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South Shore Academy3.9 miles
Secondary · Blackpool
Other schools in Lytham St. Annes
Common questions
- What ages does Lytham St Annes High School teach?
- Lytham St Annes High School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Lytham St. Annes.
- Has Lytham St Annes High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Lytham St Annes High School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Lytham St Annes High School?
- Lytham St Annes High School had 1,612 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Lytham St Annes High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 46.6 in 2022/23 and 49.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Lytham St Annes High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lytham St Annes High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 8 July 2025.