Lostock Hall Academy

Lostock Hall Academy is performing well, maintaining its status as a good school since its last inspection. The school is committed to creating a positive environment where pupils feel happy and safe, with minimal instances of bullying effectively managed by staff. Pupils benefit from a broad curriculum that is being continually refined to enhance their learning experience, and they progress well, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Leaders focus on high expectations and provide a range of extracurricular activities that enrich pupils' educational journeys.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a safe and happy school environment.
• High expectations for behavior and conduct are clearly established.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND ensures they achieve well.
• Teachers have strong subject knowledge and adapt their teaching effectively.
• Pupils participate in a wide range of enrichment activities.
• Leaders provide effective careers advice and foster connections with local employers.

Areas for Improvement

• In a small number of subjects, essential knowledge has not been clearly identified, hindering pupil progression.

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 Lostock Hall Academy attended 92.8% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 17.5% 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, 4.0% of pupils at Lostock Hall Academy 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 Lostock Hall Academy had 17.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.1% 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, 14.9% of pupils at Lostock Hall Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.0% 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 Lostock Hall Academy received £7,645 and spent £7,212 for each of its 774 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,287,000 (£1,663 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 Lostock Hall Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lostock Hall Academy is Good, from an inspection in December 2022.

When was Lostock Hall Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Lostock Hall Academy was last inspected in December 2022.

How many pupils does Lostock Hall Academy have?

Lostock Hall Academy has 759 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lostock Hall Academy cover?

Lostock Hall Academy for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Lostock Hall Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 47.2, and 44% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Lostock Hall Academy?

Lostock Hall Academy is at Todd Lane North, Lostock Hall, Preston, Lancashire, PR5 5UR.