Schools in Lancaster[1]

Local authority district E07000121 · 70 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 88 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 21 (24%)[4]
second 20%: 12 (14%)[4]
middle 20%: 21 (24%)[4]
fourth 20%: 19 (22%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 15 (17%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	18%[4]	17%[4]	18%[4]	24%[4]	23%[4]
Employment	25%[4]	13%[4]	20%[4]	20%[4]	22%[4]
Education and skills	25%[4]	14%[4]	11%[4]	27%[4]	23%[4]
Health and disability	28%[4]	28%[4]	23%[4]	16%[4]	5%[4]
Crime	30%[4]	10%[4]	19%[4]	19%[4]	22%[4]
Housing and services	11%[4]	13%[4]	14%[4]	28%[4]	34%[4]
Living environment	28%[4]	25%[4]	23%[4]	17%[4]	7%[4]
Children in low-income families	17%[4]	19%[4]	15%[4]	26%[4]	23%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 67.1% of 59,983 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 32.3% of 119,614 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 10.6% of 119,613 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Grammar schools (2)

School	Ages	Headline results
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School	11–18[2]	A8 72 2025/26[8] AL B 2024/25[9]
Lancaster Royal Grammar School	11–18[2]	A8 72 2025/26[8] AL B+ 2024/25[9]

Secondary schools (6)

School	Ages	Headline results
Bay Leadership Academy	11–18[2]	A8 37 2025/26[8]
Carnforth High School	11–16[2]	A8 44 2025/26[8]
Lancaster High School	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8]
Morecambe Bay Academy	11–18[2]	A8 40 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
Our Lady's Catholic College	11–18[2]	A8 41 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy	11–18[2]	A8 49 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]

Primary schools (52)

School	Ages	Headline results
Arkholme Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 42% 2024/25[10]
Bolton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
Bowerham Primary & Nursery School	2–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Carnforth Christ Church, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Carnforth Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 29% 2024/25[10]
Castle View Primary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 31% 2024/25[10]
Caton Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Caton St Paul's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Cawthorne's Endowed School	3–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Cockerham Parochial CofE Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 54% 2024/25[10]
Dolphinholme Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 85% 2024/25[10]
Ellel St John the Evangelist Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Great Wood Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Heysham St Peter's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
Hornby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[10]
Lancaster Christ Church Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Lancaster Road Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Lancaster Ryelands Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Leck St Peter's Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 40% 2024/25[10]
Melling St Wilfrid Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
Moorside Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Morecambe and Heysham Sandylands Community Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Morecambe Bay Community Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 30% 2024/25[10]
Mossgate Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Nether Kellet Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth	3–11[2]	KS2 54% 2024/25[10]
Over Kellet Wilson's Endowed Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Overton St Helen's Church of England Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Poulton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 36% 2024/25[10]
Quernmore Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
Scotforth St Paul's Church of England Primary and Nursery School	3–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Silverdale St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Skerton St Luke's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 40% 2024/25[10]
Slyne-with-Hest, St Luke's, Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, Lancaster	4–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster	4–11[2]	KS2 33% 2024/25[10]
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe	4–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
St Wilfrid's Cof E Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Tatham Fells Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 67% 2023/24[11]
The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster	4–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Thurnham Glasson Christ Church, Church of England Primary School	5–11[2]
Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 41% 2024/25[10]
Warton Archbishop Hutton's VC Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 36% 2024/25[10]
West End Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
Willow Lane Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 46% 2024/25[10]
Wray with Botton Endowed Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
Yealand Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]

Independent schools (3)

School	Ages	Headline results
Jamea Al Kauthar	11–25[2]	AL B 2024/25[9]
Lancaster Independent School for Alternative Learning (Lisal)	5–11[2]
Oneschool Global Uk Lancaster Campus	7–18[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (6)

School	Ages	Headline results
Bleasdale School	2–19[2]
Chadwick High School	11–16[2]
Crookhey Hall School	10–17[2]
Morecambe Road School	3–16[2]
Stepping Stones School	5–11[2]
The Loyne Specialist School	4–19[2]

Nursery schools (1)

School	Ages	Headline results
Appletree Nursery School	0–4[2]

Sources

Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS054 Tenure. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-06. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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