UK Schools
Carnforth High School
Carnforth High School is a mixed secondary academy in Carnforth, Lancashire County Council, teaching 657 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded achievement as Needs attention at its most recent inspection in April 2026. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 39.8 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 5 January 2026 to 13 April 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Carnforth High School.
Scale: Exceptional Strong standard Expected standard Needs attention Urgent improvement
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Carnforth High School.
- 1 Inset Day (Closed for students)
- 2 Re-open for students (Year 7 and 11 only)
- 3 Re-open for students (All Years)
- 3 Inset Day (Closed for students)
- 23–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 23 Inset Day (Closed for students)
- 24 Inset Day (Closed for students)
- 3 Re-open for students
- 19 School closes for Christmas Holiday
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day (Public Holiday)
- 26 Boxing Day (Public Holiday)
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day (Public Holiday)
- 5 Re-open for Spring Term
- 16 Inset Day (Closed for students)
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 23 Re-open for students
- 27 School closes for Easter Holiday
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday (Public Holiday)
- 6 Easter Monday (Public Holiday)
- 13 Re-open for Summer Term
- 4 May Day Bank Holiday
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1 Re-open for students
- 17 School closes for Summer Holiday
- 20 Inset Day (Closed for students)
- 20 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Inset Day (Closed for students) September 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Re-open for students (Year 7 and 11 only) September 2, 2025 Event
- Re-open for students (All Years) September 3, 2025 Event
- Inset Day (Closed for students) October 3, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Half Term Holiday October 23-31, 2025 Holiday
- Inset Day (Closed for students) October 23, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day (Closed for students) October 24, 2025 Inset Day
- Re-open for students November 3, 2025 Event
- School closes for Christmas Holiday December 19, 2025 Holiday
- Re-open for Spring Term January 5, 2026 Term
- Inset Day (Closed for students) January 16, 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Half Term Holiday February 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Re-open for students February 23, 2026 Event
- School closes for Easter Holiday March 27, 2026 Holiday
- Re-open for Summer Term April 13, 2026 Term
- May Day Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Re-open for students June 1, 2026 Event
- School closes for Summer Holiday July 17, 2026 Holiday
- Inset Day (Closed for students) July 20, 2026 Inset Day
- Christmas Holiday December 22, 2025 - January 2, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday March 30, 2026 - April 10, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday July 20, 2026 - Early September 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day (Public Holiday) January 1, 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday (Public Holiday) April 3, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday (Public Holiday) April 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday August 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day (Public Holiday) December 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day (Public Holiday) December 26, 2025 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Carnforth High School with Lancashire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 39.8 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Lancashire County Council England
Attendance 33.1% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Lancashire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 87% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Lancashire County Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Carnforth High School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Carnforth High School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.