Lancaster Royal Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 19 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
1290 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
93.7%
Girls
6.3%
First language not English
10.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
6.3%
Persistent absence
10.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 58.3%
Indian 12.1%
Mixed 6.8%
Other White 4.5%
Pakistani 4.3%
Chinese 3.3%
African 3%
Other Asian 2.6%
Other 2.2%
Unclassified 1.9%
Bangladeshi 1%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 68%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 99%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 74
Local authority average 45
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 6.71
Local authority average 3.94
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE23
BiologyGCSE146
ChemistryGCSE153
ChineseGCSE6
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE67
Design & TechnologyGCSE57
English LanguageGCSE170
English LiteratureGCSE170
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE25
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Lancaster Royal Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
158
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
203
2nd preference
37
3rd preference
64
From another Local Authority
13
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
158
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
183
183
0
Year 8
170
170
0
Year 9
172
172
0
Year 10
172
172
0
Year 11
170
170
0
Year 12
207
164
43
Year 13
216
178
38
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
99.0%
81.1%
85.5%
Further education
2.0%
48.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
93.0%
11.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
4.0%
20.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
5.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
7.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
0.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
72.0%
57.0%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
54.0%
19.5%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
9.0%
3.8%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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