Lancaster Girls' Grammar SchoolMorecambe Bay Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Lancaster Girls' Grammar School and Morecambe Bay Academy are secondary schools.

  • Lancaster Girls' Grammar School scores 77 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Morecambe Bay Academy scores 43 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 Morecambe Bay Academy was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 73.4 for Lancaster Girls' Grammar School and 36.8 for Morecambe Bay Academy.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Lancaster Girls' Grammar School (77.1 in 2021-22, 73.4 in 2024-25) and has fallen at Morecambe Bay Academy (41.8 in 2021-22, 36.8 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Lancaster Girls' Grammar School versus Morecambe Bay Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure LancasterLancaster Girls' Grammar SchoolMorecambeMorecambe Bay AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB77/100Stronger figureD43/100
Local ranking6th of 80 in Lancashire Stronger figure67th of 80 in Lancashire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy sponsor led
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-18
GenderGirls Mixed
Pupils on roll997 1,019
Capacity1,065 1,539
LocationLancaster, LA1 1SF Morecambe, LA4 5BG
GCSE results
Attainment 873.4 Stronger figure36.8 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths92.2% Stronger figure21.8% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths99.3% Stronger figure43.5% 64.8%
Entering EBacc87.9% Stronger figure13.6% 40.5%
EBacc average point score7.06 Stronger figure3.03 4.09
Cohort141 147
A-level results
A-level entries129 34
A-level average points41.3 Stronger figure26.8 35.0
A-level average gradeB C-
Best 3 A-levels points41.0 Not reported35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects34.1% Not reported17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census997 1,019
Free school meals (ever 6)6.6% 40.5%
English as an additional language17.9% 8.5%
SEN support7.2% 29.3%
SEN with an EHC plan0.2% 3.1%
Attendance
Overall absence5.4% Stronger figure12.6% 6.2%
Persistent absence11.8% Stronger figure37.0% 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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