Lancashire schools and admissions data

Lancashire County Council has 551 primary schools and 165 secondary schools. 9% of Lancashire's schools are private schools. 254 state schools in Lancashire follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 353 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Lancashire

  1. Outstanding 102
  2. Good 429
  3. Requires Improvement 30
  4. Inadequate 9

Most popular state schools
in Lancashire in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Eldon Primary School

    Community school • Preston

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    The Olive School, Preston

    Free schools • Preston

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

    Cottam Primary School

    Community school • Cottam, Preston

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Crawford Village Primary School

    Community school • Crawford Village, Skelmersdale

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  5. 5

    Ashton-on-Ribble St Andrew's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  6. 6

    Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Wrea Green, Preston

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  7. 7

    Sherwood Primary School

    Community school • Fulwood, Preston

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  8. 8

    Barrowford St Thomas Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Barrowford, Nelson

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  9. 9

    Moss Side Primary School

    Community school • Leyland

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  10. 10

    Worsthorne Primary School

    Community school • Worsthorne, Burnley

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    Chatburn Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Chatburn, Clitheroe

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  12. 12

    St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch

    Voluntary aided school • Newchurch, Rossendale

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  13. 13

    Northfold Community Primary School

    Community school • Thornton-Cleveleys

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    Euxton Primrose Hill Primary School

    Community school • Euxton, Chorley

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  15. 15

    Poulton-le-Fylde the Breck Primary School

    Community school • Poulton-le-Fylde

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  16. 16

    Aughton Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Aughton, Ormskirk

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  17. 17

    Fulwood, St Peter's Church of England Primary School and Nursery

    Voluntary aided school • Fulwood, Preston

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  18. 18

    Singleton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Singleton, Poulton-le-Fylde

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  19. 19

    Bowerham Primary & Nursery School

    Community school • Lancaster

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington

    Voluntary aided school • Accrington

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  1. 1

    Archbishop Temple Church of England High School

    Voluntary aided school • Fulwood, Preston

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  2. 2

    Balshaw's Church of England High School

    Voluntary controlled school • Leyland

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

    Pendle Vale College

    Community school • Nelson

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    St Bede's Catholic High School

    Voluntary aided school • Ormskirk

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  5. 5

    Millfield Science & Performing Arts College

    Community school • Thornton-Cleveleys

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    St Cecilia's RC High School

    Voluntary aided school • Longridge, Preston

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Bowland High

    Academy converter • Sawley Road, Clitheroe

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Our Lady's Catholic High School

    Voluntary aided school • Fulwood, Preston

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Broughton High School

    Community school • Broughton, Preston

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  10. 10

    Moor Park High School and Sixth Form

    Foundation school • Preston

    Ofsted: Good

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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