Lancaster Girls' Grammar School

Lancaster Girls’ Grammar has demonstrated good overall effectiveness in its first routine inspection since becoming an academy. The school provides a broad and ambitious curriculum, which enables pupils and students, particularly in the sixth form, to achieve well and pursue prestigious post-18 destinations. Most pupils display exemplary behaviour and a strong eagerness to learn, reflecting the high expectations set by the leaders. However, some pupils struggle to grasp essential knowledge initially and may not receive adequate support to fill these gaps, which could affect their progress.

Strengths

• High expectations set by school leaders that pupils understand and value
• Exceptional achievement in the sixth form with students ready for ambitious post-18 pathways
• Exemplary behaviour of pupils and students with high levels of engagement
• Strong subject knowledge among teachers that helps in delivering the curriculum
• Wide array of extra-curricular activities fostering personal development
• Effective safeguarding measures ensuring students feel safe
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)

Areas for Improvement

• Some staff do not consistently identify when pupils have not understood teaching
• Curriculum delivery can be inadequately adapted for some pupils with SEND in key stages 3 and 4

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Lancaster Girls' Grammar School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 11.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.9% of pupils at Lancaster Girls' Grammar School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Lancaster Girls' Grammar School had 18.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 6.2% of pupils at Lancaster Girls' Grammar School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 0.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Lancaster Girls' Grammar School received £7,298 and spent £7,190 for each of its 997 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £982,000 (£985 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Lancaster Girls' Grammar School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lancaster Girls' Grammar School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Lancaster Girls' Grammar School last inspected by Ofsted?

Lancaster Girls' Grammar School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Lancaster Girls' Grammar School have?

Lancaster Girls' Grammar School has 1,038 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lancaster Girls' Grammar School cover?

Lancaster Girls' Grammar School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Lancaster Girls' Grammar School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 72.1, and 96% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Lancaster Girls' Grammar School?

Lancaster Girls' Grammar School is at Regent Street, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 1SF.