Lancaster Royal Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 20 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
Christian
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Lancashire
Unique reference
136742
Address
East Road, LA1 3EF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1269 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
94.0%
Girls
6.0%
First language not English
9.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
5.4%
Persistent absence
12.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 59.8%
Indian 11.8%
Mixed 6.9%
Other White 4.3%
Pakistani 3.9%
African 3.6%
Chinese 3.6%
Other Asian 2.3%
Unclassified 1.6%
Other 1.3%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.67
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 62%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 97%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 72.2
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.47
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE24
BiologyGCSE143
ChemistryGCSE160
ChineseGCSE8
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE68
Design & TechnologyGCSE66
English LanguageGCSE172
English LiteratureGCSE172
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE26
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Lancaster Royal Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
167
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
202
2nd preference
50
3rd preference
63
From another Local Authority
12
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
167
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
8
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 classes21.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
170
170
0
Year 8
172
172
0
Year 9
169
169
0
Year 10
172
172
0
Year 11
172
172
0
Year 12
217
179
38
Year 13
197
159
38
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
3.0%
47.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
92.0%
12.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
21.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
5.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
5.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
5.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
83.0%
64.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
55.0%
22.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
40.0%
16.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
4.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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