Lancaster Girls' Grammar School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B77
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Lancaster, LA1 1SF
- Distance
- 1.0km away
Our Lady's Catholic College
Morecambe Road, Lancaster, LA1 2RX
Local ranking70th of 82 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1148
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 26 March 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 36.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 53.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 164
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 76.0%
- Higher education
- 25.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 29.0%
- Not sustained
- 16.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C-
Avg A-Level Grade
27.3
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
28.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
53
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 5.3% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 31.7
- 16-18 Cohort
- 128
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 999
- Boys
- 480 (49%)
- Girls
- 501 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1148 (85% full)
- SEND
- 25.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 40.6%
- EAL
- 14.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.4%
- SEN Support
- 22.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 13.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 74.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,849/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 34.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 74.6%
- White Other: 8.6%
- Asian Other: 4.0%
- Black African: 3.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.9%
- Other: 1.9%
- Asian Indian: 1.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
74.6%
White British
8.6%
White Other
4.0%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Morecambe Road
Lancaster, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119798
- UKPRN
- 10004916
- Establishment No.
- 4717
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