Lancaster Girls' Grammar School, Lancaster

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Lancaster Girls' Grammar School! At Lancaster Girls' Grammar School, we are dedicated to providing a vibrant and inclusive learning environment that empowers each student to thrive academically, personally, and socially. At the heart of our school is a commitment to academic excellence."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include choir, orchestra, photography, Duke of Edinburgh and journalism.

Coming up: an open evening on Wednesday 4 November 2026 and an open day on Wednesday 16 December 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Lancaster Girls' Grammar School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 72.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.2 in Lancashire and 47 across England.

96% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Lancashire and 47% in England.

That is down from 73.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.69: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

Lancaster Girls' Grammar School is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.

For September 2026 entry, 208 families put Lancaster Girls' Grammar School as their first choice and 315 named it as one of their preferences, for 184 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 25 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Lancaster Girls' Grammar School admits pupils through an entrance test, usually called the 11-plus. Children have to be registered for it in advance, normally in the spring or summer of Year 5; the test itself is usually sat in September of Year 6, and results come out in October, before the 31 October deadline for naming secondary schools.

Passing the test makes a child eligible rather than guaranteeing a place: when more children pass than there are places, Lancaster Girls' Grammar School ranks them by the criteria in its admissions policy, which can include test score and distance. Check Lancashire's admissions pages and the school's own policy for this year's registration deadline - a child who is not registered in time cannot sit the test.

Lancashire has 4 state grammar schools in all, so a child who passes may have several selective schools to choose between.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Lancaster Girls' Grammar School are Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy (0.5 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 49.1); Lancaster Royal Grammar School (0.5 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 71.6); Our Lady's Catholic College (0.6 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 41.1); and Lancaster High School (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 41.8).

Lancaster Girls' Grammar School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Of the 144 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 97% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 4% to a further education college.

Of the 135 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 70% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 18% into work. 52% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

6.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 64 pupils (6.2%) received SEN support and 4 (0.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Lancaster Rail Station, about 420 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Queens Square (by), 170 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 427 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Lancashire (109), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Lancaster Girls' Grammar School issued 10 suspensions, 1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Lancaster Girls' Grammar School are Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School (under 0.1 miles); The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster (0.4 miles); Willow Lane Community Primary School (0.5 miles); and Bowerham Primary & Nursery School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.