Lancaster Girls' Grammar School
Regent Street, Lancaster, LA1 1SF
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- LANCASTER GIRLS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mr Christopher Beard
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,065
- Pupils on roll
- 1,038
- URN
- 136381
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01524581661
About this school
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School is a girls' secondary academy in Lancaster. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,038 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Lancaster Girls' Grammar School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 142 | 144 | 141 |
| Attainment 8 score | 71.6 | 73.7 | 73.4 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.54 +0.30 to +0.77 | +0.69 +0.45 to +0.92 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 94% | 95.1% | 92.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 98% | 100% | 99.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 75% | 81.3% | 87.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.1 |
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 Lancaster Girls' Grammar 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 | 71.6 | 38.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 73.7 | 37.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 73.4 | 37 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,006 |
| 2023/24 | 1,002 |
| 2024/25 | 997 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lancaster Girls' Grammar School compares
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School ranked 3rd of 81 secondary schools in Lancashire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 98% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 73.4 | 5.4% | 6.6% | 1,038 | — |
| Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy | 50.7 | 7.4% | 10.8% | 1,755 | 0.5 miles |
| Lancaster Royal Grammar School | 74.1 | 6.1% | 8.1% | 1,294 | 0.5 miles |
| Our Lady's Catholic College | 41.3 | 11.6% | 40.6% | 981 | 0.6 miles |
| Lancaster High School | 35.6 | 14.2% | 46.5% | 567 | 1.0 miles |
| Morecambe Bay Academy | 36.8 | 12.6% | 40.6% | 1,045 | 2.8 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)
- 6.58%
- English as an additional language
- 17.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.39%
- Persistent absence
- 11.84%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy0.5 miles
Secondary · Lancaster
-
Lancaster Royal Grammar School0.5 miles
Secondary · Lancaster
-
Our Lady's Catholic College0.6 miles
Secondary · Lancaster
-
Lancaster High School1.0 miles
Secondary · Lancaster
-
Morecambe Bay Academy2.8 miles
Secondary · Morecambe
Other schools in Lancaster
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School ranks 2nd of the 5 ranked secondary schools in Lancaster.
- Lancaster High School Secondary
- Lancaster Royal Grammar School Secondary
- Our Lady's Catholic College Secondary
- Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy Secondary
- Appletree Nursery School Nursery
- Austwick Church of England VA Primary School Primary
- Bentham Community Primary School Primary
- Bowerham Primary & Nursery School Primary
- Castle View Primary Academy Primary
- Caton Primary School Primary
- Caton St Paul's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Cawthorne's Endowed School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Lancaster Girls' Grammar School teach?
- Lancaster Girls' Grammar School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Lancaster.
- Who is the headteacher of Lancaster Girls' Grammar School?
- The headteacher of Lancaster Girls' Grammar School is Mr Christopher Beard, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Lancaster Girls' Grammar School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lancaster Girls' Grammar School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Lancaster Girls' Grammar School?
- Lancaster Girls' Grammar School has 1,038 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Lancaster Girls' Grammar School full?
- Lancaster Girls' Grammar School has capacity for 1,065 pupils and 1,038 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Lancaster Girls' Grammar School a faith school?
- No. Lancaster Girls' Grammar School has no designated religious character.
- Is Lancaster Girls' Grammar School a selective school?
- Yes. Lancaster Girls' Grammar School is recorded as Selective in the schools register, so entry involves selection.
- Is Lancaster Girls' Grammar School part of an academy trust?
- Lancaster Girls' Grammar School is part of LANCASTER GIRLS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Lancaster Girls' Grammar School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 71.6 in 2022/23 and 73.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lancaster Girls' Grammar School compare with other schools in Lancashire?
- Lancaster Girls' Grammar School ranked 3rd of 81 secondary schools in Lancashire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 98% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lancaster Girls' Grammar School's absence rate?
- Lancaster Girls' Grammar School's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lancaster Girls' Grammar School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lancaster Girls' Grammar 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 1 July 2026.