Academy converter · Secondary
Lancaster · LA1 3EF · Lancashire
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
0.6 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 147260
Lancaster High School
Academy converter · Lancaster · LA1 3LS
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
567
Local authority
Lancashire
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Lancaster, Lancashire, 567 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 48.5%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 147260
Location
- Address
- Crag Road
- Postcode
- LA1 3LS
- Town
- Lancaster
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 567
- Boys / girls
- 294 / 273
- School capacity
- 750
- Capacity fill
- 567 / 750 (76%)
- Free school meals
- 48.5%
- FSM pupils
- 275
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE BAY LEARNING TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE BAY LEARNING TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Bay Learning Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Colin Malone
- Telephone
- 0152432636
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-09-26
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 33.5
- Progress 8
- -0.6
- English & maths grade 5+
- 23%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 42%
- EBacc entry
- 14%
- EBacc APS
- 2.9
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
11.6%
Persistent absence
39.7%
Unauthorised
3.4%
- Authorised absence
- 8.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 7.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 658
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 12.6% · Persistent 40.0%
- 2021/22
- Overall 12.1% · Persistent 40.6%