Secondary schools in Lancashire
There are 79 secondary schools in Lancashire. 7 are rated Outstanding and 34 Good by Ofsted. Each listing shows the year groups, Ofsted rating and how admissions work.
Applying for a place in Lancashire
- Starting secondary school (Year 7) in September 2027: applications close on 31 October 2026. Offers are sent on 1 March 2027.
- You apply through the council where you live, even for schools in a different area, and late applications are considered after on-time ones.
Secondary schools in Lancashire, by town
Accrington
- Accrington Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · BB5 4FF
Ofsted: Not judged - Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School
Year 7 - Year 13 · BB5 4AY
No rating on record - Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn
Year 7 - Year 11 · BB5 0LU
Ofsted: Good - Rhyddings
Year 7 - Year 11 · BB5 3EA
Ofsted: Not judged - The Hollins
Year 7 - Year 11 · BB5 2QY
No rating on record
Bacup
- The Valley Leadership Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · OL13 0TG
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Barnoldswick
- West Craven High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · BB18 5TB
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Blackburn
- The Hyndburn Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · BB1 4ED
Ofsted: Good
Burnley
- Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · BB10 3AA
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Burnley High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · BB12 6NX
No rating on record - Shuttleworth College
Year 7 - Year 11 · BB12 8ST
Ofsted: Not judged - Sir John Thursby Community College
Year 7 - Year 11 · BB10 2AT
Ofsted: Good - Unity College
Year 7 - Year 11 · BB11 3DF
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Carnforth
- Carnforth High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · LA5 9LS
No rating on record
Chorley
- Albany Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR7 3AY
Ofsted: Good - Holy Cross Catholic High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR7 3LS
Ofsted: Good - Parklands High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR7 1LL
Ofsted: Good - Southlands High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR7 2NJ
Ofsted: Requires improvement - St Michael's Church of England High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR7 1RS
Ofsted: Good
Clitheroe
- Bowland High
Year 7 - Year 11 · BB7 4QS
Ofsted: Good - Clitheroe Royal Grammar School
Year 7 - Year 13 · Grammar · BB7 2DJ
Ofsted: Outstanding - St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · BB7 9JA
Ofsted: Good
Colne
- Colne Park High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · BB8 7DP
No rating on record - Colne Primet Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · BB8 8JF
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · BB8 8JT
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Fleetwood
- Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood
Year 7 - Year 11 · FY7 8AY
No rating on record
FLEETWOOD
- Fleetwood High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · FY7 8HE
Ofsted: Good
Lancaster
- Lancaster Girls' Grammar School
Year 7 - Year 13 · Grammar · Girls only · LA1 1SF
Ofsted: Good - Lancaster High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · LA1 3LS
Ofsted: Good - Lancaster Royal Grammar School
Year 7 - Year 13 · Grammar · LA1 3EF
Ofsted: Good - Our Lady's Catholic College
Year 7 - Year 13 · LA1 2RX
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy
Year 7 - Year 13 · LA1 4RS
Ofsted: Outstanding
Leyland
- Academy@Worden
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR25 1RN
Ofsted: Not judged - Balshaw's Church of England High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR25 3AH
Ofsted: Good - Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR26 9HH
Ofsted: Good - St Mary's Catholic High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR25 1BS
No rating on record - Wellfield Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR25 2TP
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Lytham St Annes
- St Bede's Catholic High School, Lytham
Year 7 - Year 11 · FY8 4JL
Ofsted: Not judged
Lytham St. Annes
- Lytham St Annes High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · FY8 4GW
Ofsted: Good
Morecambe
- Bay Leadership Academy
Year 7 - Year 13 · LA3 1AB
Ofsted: Good - Morecambe Bay Academy
Year 7 - Year 13 · LA4 5BG
Ofsted: Good
Nelson
- Marsden Heights Community College
Year 7 - Year 11 · BB9 0PR
Ofsted: Good - Pendle Vale College
Year 7 - Year 11 · BB9 8LF
No rating on record
Ormskirk
- Burscough Priory Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · L40 7RZ
Ofsted: Good - Ormskirk School
Year 7 - Year 13 · L39 2AT
Ofsted: Not judged - St Bede's Catholic High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · L39 4TA
Ofsted: Not judged
Poulton-le-Fylde
- Baines School
Year 7 - Year 11 · FY6 8BE
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Saint Aidan's Church of England High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · FY6 0NP
Ofsted: Good
Poulton-Le-Fylde
- Hodgson Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · FY6 7EU
Ofsted: Good
Preston
- All Hallows Catholic High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR1 0LN
Ofsted: Outstanding - Archbishop Temple Church of England High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR2 8RA
Ofsted: Not judged - Ashton Community Science College
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR2 1SL
Ofsted: Good - Broughton High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR3 5JJ
Ofsted: Outstanding - Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR5 6PB
No rating on record - Carr Hill High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR4 2ST
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Christ The King Catholic High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR1 4PR
Ofsted: Inadequate - Corpus Christi Catholic High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR2 8QY
Ofsted: Not judged - Eden Boys' School, Preston
Year 7 - Year 13 · Boys only · PR1 4BD
Ofsted: Outstanding - Fulwood Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR2 9YR
Ofsted: Good - Garstang Community Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR3 1YE
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Hutton Church of England Grammar School
Year 7 - Year 13 · Boys only · PR4 5SN
No rating on record - Longridge High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR3 3AR
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Lostock Hall Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR5 5UR
Ofsted: Good - Moor Park High School and Sixth Form
Year 7 - Year 13 · PR1 6DT
Ofsted: Good - Our Lady's Catholic High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR2 3SQ
Ofsted: Good - Penwortham Girls' High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · Girls only · PR1 0SR
Ofsted: Outstanding - Penwortham Priory Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR1 0JE
Ofsted: Good - Preston Muslim Girls High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · Girls only · PR1 5BY
Ofsted: Outstanding - St Cecilia's RC High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR3 2XA
Ofsted: Not judged - Tarleton Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR4 6AQ
Ofsted: Good - Walton-Le-Dale High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR5 6RN
Ofsted: Requires improvement
ROCHDALE
- Whitworth Community High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · OL12 8TS
Ofsted: Good
Rossendale
- Alder Grange School
Year 7 - Year 13 · BB4 8HW
No rating on record - All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · BB4 6SJ
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School
Year 7 - Year 13 · Grammar · BB4 7BJ
Ofsted: Inadequate - Haslingden High School and Sixth Form
Year 7 - Year 13 · BB4 4EY
Ofsted: Good
Skelmersdale
- Lathom High School : A Technology College
Year 7 - Year 11 · WN8 6JN
Ofsted: Good
Thornton-Cleveleys
- Millfield Science & Performing Arts College
Year 7 - Year 11 · FY5 5DG
Ofsted: Good
Wigan
- Up Holland High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · WN5 7AL
Ofsted: Good