Lancaster Girls' Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 22 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Lancashire
Unique reference
136381
Address
Regent Street, LA1 1SF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1002 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
19%
Free school meals (FSM)
6.1%
Persistent absence
12.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 60.1%
Indian 15.4%
Pakistani 5.3%
Other White 5.2%
Mixed 4.6%
Other Asian 2.5%
Chinese 2.3%
African 1.5%
Other 1.5%
Unclassified 1.1%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.54
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 75%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 94%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 71.6
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.66
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award1
ArabicGCSE3
Art & DesignGCSE45
BiologyGCSE144
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE143
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE60
Design & TechnologyGCSE21
Applied EngineeringGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE145
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Lancaster Girls' Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
149
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
169
2nd preference
43
3rd preference
54
From another Local Authority
10
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
149
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
151
0
151
Year 8
145
0
145
Year 9
147
0
147
Year 10
142
0
142
Year 11
144
0
144
Year 12
136
0
136
Year 13
136
0
136
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
81.7%
85.6%
Further education
5.0%
49.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
87.0%
11.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
6.0%
20.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
5.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
5.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
6.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.1%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
80.0%
62.0%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
59.0%
22.9%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
3.5%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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