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Secondary • Academy converter • Leyland
Good
Secondary schools in Lancashire
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(332)
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(901)
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(146)
Accrington Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Accrington
Requires improvement
Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Accrington
Good
Albany Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Chorley
Good
Alder Grange School
Secondary • Community school • Rossendale
Good
All Hallows Catholic High School
Secondary • Voluntary aided school • Preston
Outstanding
All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Rossendale
Requires improvement
Archbishop Temple Church of England High School
Secondary • Voluntary aided school • Preston
Requires improvement
Ashton Community Science College
Secondary • Community school • Preston
Good
Baines School
Secondary • Voluntary aided school • Poulton-le-Fylde
Requires improvement
Balshaw's Church of England High School
Secondary • Voluntary controlled school • Leyland
Good
Bay Leadership Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Morecambe
Good
Bedford High School
Secondary • Community school • Leigh
Good
Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Leyland
Good
Blackburn Central High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Blackburn
Good
Blackpool Aspire Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Blackpool
Requires improvement
Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Burnley
Requires improvement
Bowland High
Secondary • Academy converter • Clitheroe
Good
Broughton High School
Secondary • Community school • Preston
Outstanding
Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School
Secondary • Voluntary aided school • Preston
Good
Burnley High School
Secondary • Free schools • Burnley
Good
Bury Church of England High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Bury
Requires improvement
Canon Slade School
Secondary • Academy converter • Bolton
Not judged
Cansfield High School
Secondary • Community school • Wigan
Good
Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood
Secondary • Voluntary aided school • Fleetwood
Good
Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School
Secondary • Voluntary aided school • Manchester
Good
Carnforth High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Carnforth
Good
Carr Hill High School
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Preston
Requires improvement
Christ The King Catholic High School
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Preston
Inadequate
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School
Secondary • Academy converter • Clitheroe
Outstanding
Colne Park High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Colne
Good
Colne Primet Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Colne
Requires improvement
Corpus Christi Catholic High School
Secondary • Voluntary aided school • Preston
Good
Darwen Aldridge Community Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Darwen
Requires improvement
Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio
Secondary • Studio schools • Darwen
Good
Darwen Vale High School
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Darwen
Good
Dean Trust Ardwick
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Manchester
Good
Denton Community Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Manchester
Eden Boys' School, Preston
Secondary • Free schools • Preston
Outstanding
Falinge Park High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Rochdale
Good
Fleetwood High School
Secondary • Foundation school • FLEETWOOD
Good
Fulwood Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Preston
Good
Garstang Community Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Preston
Requires improvement
Great Academy Ashton
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Ashton-under-Lyne
Requires improvement
Harper Green School
Secondary • Academy converter • Bolton
Good
Haslingden High School and Sixth Form
Secondary • Community school • Rossendale
Good
Hawkley Hall High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Wigan
Not judged
Hazel Wood High School
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Bury
Good
Highfield Leadership Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Blackpool
Requires improvement
Hodgson Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Poulton-Le-Fylde
Good
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