Lathom High School : A Technology College, Skelmersdale

In its own words: "Our Life at Lathom offer is intended to give every student a range of wider learning experiences which takes them beyond their own everyday experiences and enables them, regardless of their background, to be socially mobile, culturally aware and well equipped to succeed in life."

From the headteacher's welcome: "My name is Mr Livesley and I am Headteacher at Lathom, a post I am privileged and delighted to hold and I wish you a very warm welcome to our school."

In 2026, pupils at Lathom High School : A Technology College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.2 in Lancashire and 47 across England.

40% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Lancashire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 41.5.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.42: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 36.1, against 46.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 19 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Spanish and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 228 families put Lathom High School : A Technology College as their first choice and 381 named it as one of their preferences, for 160 places offered. That is 1.4 first choices for every place. 71 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Lathom High School : A Technology College are Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School (0.1 miles); Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School (0.1 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 39.5); Maharishi Free School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 35.5); and Ormskirk School (3.1 miles, Attainment 8 42.3).

Lathom High School : A Technology College's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Lathom High School : A Technology College is run by its own single-school academy trust.

Of the 121 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 83% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 74% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

44.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 10.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

Lathom High School : A Technology College had 62 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Parbold Rail Station, about 2.2 miles away in a straight line.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lathom HS (adjacent), 100 metres away.

In 2024/25, Lathom High School : A Technology College issued 110 suspensions, 13.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Lathom High School : A Technology College are Cobbs Brow School (0.4 miles), Crow Orchard Primary School (0.5 miles), Trinity Church of England/Methodist School (0.7 miles) and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.