UK Schools
Southlands High School
Southlands High School is a mixed secondary academy in Chorley, Lancashire County Council, teaching 821 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Requires improvement at its last graded inspection in February 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 42.1 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Southlands 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 Southlands High School.
- 1–2 INSET/Trust Days - Closed for students
- 3 School reopens for students (Autumn Term starts)
- 19 INSET Day - Closed for students
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 5 Trust Day - Closed for students
- 19 End of Autumn Term
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 5 INSET Day - Closed for students
- 6 School reopens for students (Spring Term starts)
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 27 End of Spring Term
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 13 School reopens for students (Summer Term starts)
- 4 May Day Bank Holiday - School closed
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 26 INSET Day - Closed for students
- 17 End of Summer Term
- 20 INSET Day - Closed for students
- 21–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- INSET/Trust Days - Closed for students September 1-2, 2025 Inset Day
- School reopens for students (Autumn Term starts) September 3, 2025 Term
- INSET Day - Closed for students September 19, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Half Term Holiday October 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Trust Day - Closed for students December 5, 2025 Event
- End of Autumn Term December 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday December 22, 2025 - January 2, 2026 Holiday
- INSET Day - Closed for students January 5, 2026 Inset Day
- School reopens for students (Spring Term starts) January 6, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday February 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- End of Spring Term March 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday March 30 - April 10, 2026 Holiday
- School reopens for students (Summer Term starts) April 13, 2026 Term
- May Day Bank Holiday - School closed May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- INSET Day - Closed for students June 26, 2026 Inset Day
- End of Summer Term July 17, 2026 Term
- INSET Day - Closed for students July 20, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Holiday July 21 - August 31, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Southlands High School with Lancashire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 42.1 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Lancashire County Council England
Attendance 29.8% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Lancashire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 88% 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 Southlands 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 Southlands 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.