Lancaster Girls' Grammar SchoolLancaster Royal Grammar School

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

Summary of the comparison

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

  • Lancaster Girls' Grammar School scores 77 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Lancaster Royal Grammar School scores 76 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Lancaster Girls' Grammar School is ahead on our composite score.

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

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 73.4 for Lancaster Girls' Grammar School and 74.1 for Lancaster Royal Grammar School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Lancaster Girls' Grammar School (77.1 in 2021-22, 73.4 in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Lancaster Royal Grammar School (72.5 in 2021-22, 74.1 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Lancaster Girls' Grammar School versus Lancaster Royal Grammar School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure LancasterLancaster Girls' Grammar SchoolLancasterLancaster Royal Grammar SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB77/100Stronger figureB76/100
Local ranking6th of 80 in Lancashire Stronger figure8th of 80 in Lancashire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-18
GenderGirls Mixed
Pupils on roll997 1,290
Capacity1,065 1,165
LocationLancaster, LA1 1SF Lancaster, LA1 3EF
GCSE results
Attainment 873.4 74.1 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths92.2% 98.8% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths99.3% 100.0% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc87.9% Stronger figure68.2% 40.5%
EBacc average point score7.06 Stronger figure6.72 4.09
Cohort141 170
A-level results
A-level entries129 215
A-level average points41.3 42.3 Stronger figure35.0
A-level average gradeB B+
Best 3 A-levels points41.0 42.0 Stronger figure35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects34.1% 37.9% Stronger figure17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census997 1,290
Free school meals (ever 6)6.6% 8.1%
English as an additional language17.9% 10.5%
SEN support7.2% 11.4%
SEN with an EHC plan0.2% 1.1%
Attendance
Overall absence5.4% Stronger figure6.1% 6.2%
Persistent absence11.8% Stronger figure18.0% 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

A-level average points

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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