UK Schools
Lathom High School : A Technology College
Lathom High School : A Technology College is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Skelmersdale, Lancashire County Council, teaching 806 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in June 2022. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 41.5 (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 Lathom High School : A Technology College.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Lathom High School : A Technology College.
- 1–2 INSET – School closed to students
- 3 School re-opens to students Y7 & Y11
- 4 School re-opens to all students
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 28 INSET – School closed to students
- 19 End of Autumn Term / School closes for Christmas holidays
- 5 Spring Term begins / School re-opens
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 27 End of Spring Term / School closes for Easter holidays
- 13 Summer Term begins / School re-opens
- 4 May Day Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 19 INSET – School closed to students
- 17 End of Summer Term / School closes for summer holidays
- 20 INSET – School closed
Key dates (2025–2026)
- INSET – School closed to students Sep 1-2, 2025 Inset Day
- School re-opens to students Y7 & Y11 Sep 3, 2025 Event
- School re-opens to all students Sep 4, 2025 Event
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- INSET – School closed to students Nov 28, 2025 Inset Day
- End of Autumn Term / School closes for Christmas holidays Dec 19, 2025 Holiday
- Spring Term begins / School re-opens Jan 5, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- End of Spring Term / School closes for Easter holidays Mar 27, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term begins / School re-opens Apr 13, 2026 Term
- May Day Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- INSET – School closed to students Jun 19, 2026 Inset Day
- End of Summer Term / School closes for summer holidays Jul 17, 2026 Holiday
- INSET – School closed Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Lathom High School : A Technology College with Lancashire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 41.5 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Lancashire County Council England
Attendance 28.2% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Lancashire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 86% 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 Lathom High School : A Technology College. 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 Lathom High School : A Technology College 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.