Schools in Lancaster

About schools in Lancaster

Lancaster lists 41 schools, most of them primary schools. Its five secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at one sixth form or college.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25

62%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 25 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

55.8

average Attainment 8 score, across the 5 schools with published results

Nursery schools1

• Appletree Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 0 to 4

Primary schools26

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Austwick Church of England VA Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Bentham Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  48%

  expected standard
• Bowerham Primary & Nursery School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Castle View Primary Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  31%

  expected standard
• Caton Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• Caton St Paul's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Cawthorne's Endowed School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Dolphinholme Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  85%

  expected standard
• Ellel St John the Evangelist Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• Hornby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• Lancaster Christ Church Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  64%

  expected standard
• Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• Lancaster Ryelands Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• Moorside Primary School

  Community school · Ages 5 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Quernmore Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• Scotforth St Paul's Church of England Primary and Nursery School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• Skerton St Luke's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  40%

  expected standard
• Slyne-with-Hest, St Luke's, Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  74%

  expected standard
• St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, Lancaster

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  79%

  expected standard
• St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  33%

  expected standard
• St Wilfrid's Cof E Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  64%

  expected standard
• Tatham Fells Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3 to 11

• The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  80%

  expected standard
• Thurnham Glasson Christ Church, Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 11

• Willow Lane Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  46%

  expected standard
• Wray with Botton Endowed Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  50%

  expected standard

Secondary schools5

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Lancaster Girls' Grammar School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18 · Girls

  73.4

  Attainment 8
• Lancaster High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  35.6

  Attainment 8
• Lancaster Royal Grammar School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  74.1

  Attainment 8
• Our Lady's Catholic College

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 11 to 18

  41.3

  Attainment 8
• Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  50.7

  Attainment 8

Sixth forms and colleges1

• Lancaster and Morecambe College

  Further education · Ages 16 to 99

Special schools and alternative provision4

• Beaumont College - A Salutem/Ambito College

  Special post 16 institution · Ages 18 to 25

• Chadwick High School

  Academy alternative provision converter · Ages 11 to 16

• Stepping Stones School

  Pupil referral unit · Ages 5 to 11

• The Loyne Specialist School

  Community special school · Ages 4 to 19

Independent schools3

• Jamea Al Kauthar

  Other independent school · Ages 11 to 25 · Girls

• Lancaster Independent School for Alternative Learning (Lisal)

  Other independent school · Ages 3 to 11

• Oneschool Global Uk Lancaster Campus

  Other independent school · Ages 7 to 18

Other establishments1

• University of Lancaster

  Higher education institutions

Common questions about schools in Lancaster

How many schools does Lancaster have?

OfferDay lists 41 schools in Lancaster, including 26 primary schools and five secondary schools.

Who inspects schools in Lancaster?

Every school in Lancaster is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

How are schools in Lancaster ranked?

OfferDay ranks schools in Lancaster where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.