Lancaster Girls' Grammar SchoolLancaster High School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Lancaster.

Summary of the comparison

Lancaster Girls' Grammar School and Lancaster High School are secondary schools in Lancaster.

  • Lancaster Girls' Grammar School scores 77 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Lancaster High School scores 45 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Lancaster Girls' Grammar School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Lancaster Girls' Grammar School was judged Good and Lancaster High School was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 73.4 for Lancaster Girls' Grammar School and 35.6 for Lancaster High School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Lancaster Girls' Grammar School (77.1 in 2021-22, 73.4 in 2024-25) and has fallen at Lancaster High School (39.3 in 2021-22, 35.6 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Lancaster Girls' Grammar School versus Lancaster High School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure LancasterLancaster Girls' Grammar SchoolLancasterLancaster High SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB77/100Stronger figureD45/100
Local ranking6th of 80 in Lancashire Stronger figure62nd of 80 in Lancashire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-16
GenderGirls Mixed
Pupils on roll997 591
Capacity1,065 750
LocationLancaster, LA1 1SF Lancaster, LA1 3LS
GCSE results
Attainment 873.4 Stronger figure35.6 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths92.2% Stronger figure25.3% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths99.3% Stronger figure46.3% 64.8%
Entering EBacc87.9% Stronger figure11.6% 40.5%
EBacc average point score7.06 Stronger figure3.02 4.09
Cohort141 95
A-level results
A-level entries129 Not reported
A-level average points41.3 Not reported35.0
A-level average gradeB Not reported
Best 3 A-levels points41.0 Not reported35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects34.1% Not reported17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census997 591
Free school meals (ever 6)6.6% 46.5%
English as an additional language17.9% 16.4%
SEN support7.2% 22.7%
SEN with an EHC plan0.2% 2.4%
Attendance
Overall absence5.4% Stronger figure14.2% 6.2%
Persistent absence11.8% Stronger figure42.1% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Lancaster Girls' Grammar School

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