Lancashire schools and admissions data

Lancashire County Council has 548 primary schools and 167 secondary schools. 9% of Lancashire's schools are private schools. 275 state schools in Lancashire follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 336 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Lancashire

  1. Outstanding 117
  2. Good 423
  3. Requires Improvement 44
  4. Inadequate 15

Most popular state schools
in Lancashire in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Eldon Primary School

    Community school • Preston

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, Brierfield

    Voluntary aided school • Brierfield, Nelson

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Poulton-le-Fylde the Breck Primary School

    Community school • Poulton-le-Fylde

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  4. 4

    Cottam Primary School

    Community school • Cottam, Preston

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    St James-the-Less Roman Catholic Primary School, Rawtenstall

    Voluntary aided school • Rawtenstall, Rossendale

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Longsands Community Primary School

    Community school • Fulwood, Preston

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Bowerham Primary & Nursery School

    Community school • Lancaster

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, Burnley

    Voluntary aided school • Burnley

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Ormskirk Asmall Primary School

    Community school • Ormskirk

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    West Street Community Primary School

    Community school • Colne

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    Quernmore Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Quernmore, Lancaster

    Ofsted: Good

  12. 12

    Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, Colne

    Voluntary aided school • Colne

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    Simonstone St Peter's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Simonstone, Burnley

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    St Chad's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Blackburn Road, Chorley

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    Broughton-in-Amounderness Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Broughton, Preston

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  16. 16

    Rivington Foundation Primary School

    Foundation school • Rivington, Bolton

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch

    Voluntary aided school • Newchurch, Rossendale

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  18. 18

    Wheatley Lane Methodist Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Burnley

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    Euxton Primrose Hill Primary School

    Community school • Euxton, Chorley

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  20. 20

    Weeton St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Weeton, Preston

    Ofsted: Good

  1. 1

    Archbishop Temple School, A Church of England Specialist College

    Voluntary aided school • Fulwood, Preston

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    St Bede's Catholic High School

    Voluntary aided school • Ormskirk

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Pendle Vale College

    Community school • Nelson

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Bowland High

    Academy converter • Sawley Road, Clitheroe

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  5. 5

    Preston Muslim Girls High School

    Voluntary aided school • Preston

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  6. 6

    Millfield Science & Performing Arts College

    Community school • Thornton-Cleveleys

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School

    Academy converter • Waterfoot, Rossendale

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  8. 8

    St Michael's Church of England High School

    Academy converter • Chorley

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  9. 9

    Saint Aidan's Church of England High School

    Voluntary aided school • Preesall, Poulton-le-Fylde

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Our Lady's Catholic High School

    Voluntary aided school • Fulwood, Preston

    Ofsted: Outstanding

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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