UK Schools
Lancaster High School
Lancaster High School is a mixed secondary academy in Lancaster, Lancashire County Council, teaching 567 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in September 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 35.6 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 2 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Lancaster High School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Lancaster High School.
- 1 Teacher INSET Day
- 2 Autumn Term begins (Year 7 & 11 only)
- 3 Autumn Term begins (All years)
- 3 Teacher INSET Day
- 24 Autumn Mid Term closure after school
- 3 Teacher INSET Day
- 4 Autumn Term re-opens
- 19 Autumn Term ends (early closure at 1:15pm)
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday (two-week break)
- 25 Christmas Day (Bank Holiday)
- 26 Boxing Day (Bank Holiday)
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday (two-week break)
- 1 New Year's Day (Bank Holiday)
- 5 Teacher INSET Day
- 6 Spring Term begins
- 16 School closed for Staff INSET
- 16 Teacher INSET Day
- 13 Spring Mid Term closure after school
- 23 Spring Term re-opens
- 27 Spring Term ends (closure after school)
- 30–31 Easter Holiday (two-week break)
- 1–10 Easter Holiday (two-week break)
- 3 Good Friday (Bank Holiday)
- 6 Easter Monday (Bank Holiday)
- 13 Summer Term begins
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 22 Summer Mid Term closure after school
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1 Summer Term re-opens
- 17 Summer Term ends (early closure at 1:15pm)
- 20 Teacher INSET Day
- 20 Summer Holiday (approx. six weeks)
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Autumn Term begins (Year 7 & 11 only) September 2, 2025 Term
- Autumn Term begins (All years) September 3, 2025 Term
- Autumn Mid Term closure after school October 24, 2025 Term
- Autumn Term re-opens November 4, 2025 Term
- Autumn Term ends (early closure at 1:15pm) December 19, 2025 Term
- Spring Term begins January 6, 2026 Term
- School closed for Staff INSET January 16, 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Mid Term closure after school February 13, 2026 Term
- Spring Term re-opens February 23, 2026 Term
- Spring Term ends (closure after school) March 27, 2026 Term
- Summer Term begins April 13, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Mid Term closure after school May 22, 2026 Term
- Summer Term re-opens June 1, 2026 Term
- Summer Term ends (early closure at 1:15pm) July 17, 2026 Term
- Teacher INSET Day September 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Teacher INSET Day October 3, 2025 Inset Day
- Teacher INSET Day November 3, 2025 Inset Day
- Teacher INSET Day January 5, 2026 Inset Day
- Teacher INSET Day January 16, 2026 Inset Day
- Teacher INSET Day July 20, 2026 Inset Day
- Christmas Holiday (two-week break) December 22, 2025 - January 2, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday (two-week break) March 30, 2026 - April 10, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday (approx. six weeks) July 20, 2026 - Early September 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day (Bank Holiday) January 1, 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday (Bank Holiday) April 3, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday (Bank 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 (Bank Holiday) December 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day (Bank Holiday) December 26, 2025 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Lancaster High School with Lancashire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 35.6 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Lancashire County Council England
Attendance 42.1% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Lancashire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 84% 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 Lancaster 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 Lancaster 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.