Central Lancaster High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 27 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Lancashire
Unique reference
147260
Address
Crag Road, LA1 3LS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
595 (70% of total capacity)
Boys
55.5%
Girls
44.5%
First language not English
13.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
44.4%
Persistent absence
36.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
22.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 78.2%
Other Asian 4.9%
Other White 4.7%
Mixed 3.3%
Indian 2.7%
Unclassified 2.2%
African 1.7%
Other 1.5%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.16
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 5%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 25%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.2
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.12
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award20
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award32
TourismTechnical Award7
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE19
BiologyGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE101
English LiteratureGCSE101
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Central Lancaster High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
115
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
82
2nd preference
119
3rd preference
112
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
82
2nd preference
27
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes24.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
112
53
59
Year 8
135
72
63
Year 9
119
73
46
Year 10
96
57
39
Year 11
133
75
58
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
68.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
41.0%
47.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
25.0%
12.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
21.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
8.0%
5.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
5.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
14.0%
5.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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