England · Grammar school
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School
Lancaster · Girls only · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 136381)
Overview
- Address
- Regent Street, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 1SF
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Girls only
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 1,038
- Capacity
- 1,065
- Eligible for free school meals
- 7%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Academy converter
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- Not yet available
- Local authority
- Lancashire
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (get-information-schools.service.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 2026
Admissions and the 11+
- Admissions policy
- Selective (grammar school)
- Selection in this area
- Partially selective area5% of Year 7 places offered in Lancashire for September 2026 were at selective schools (DfE applications and offers). We class an area as fully selective at 25% or more. Confirm with the local authority's admissions guide.
- Entrance test
- Not yet available
- Qualifying score
- Not yet available
- Catchment area
- Priority for girls whose home is in the City of Lancaster council area (pupil premium girls first, including those up to 5% below the pass mark). Within each group, places go by test rank.
- Children from outside the catchment
- Sometimes: Girls living outside the City of Lancaster area are considered after local girls and children of staff (pupil premium girls first), in test rank order.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 315 applicants named this school (208 as their first choice) for 184 places. 5 of 184 offers went to children living outside Lancashire.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Lancashire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 184 | 315 | 208 | 1.1 | 5 |
| Sept 2025 | 177 | 292 | 194 | 1.1 | 3 |
| Sept 2024 | 149 | 268 | 169 | 1.1 | 7 |
| Sept 2023 | 143 | 277 | 171 | 1.2 | 2 |
| Sept 2022 | 145 | 270 | 162 | 1.1 | 3 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Lancashire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 144 | 304 | 198 | 1.4 | 3 |
| Sept 2020 | 148 | 256 | 169 | 1.1 | 4 |
| Sept 2019 | 150 | 269 | 168 | 1.1 | 6 |
| Sept 2018 | 140 | 229 | 162 | 1.2 | 2 |
| Sept 2017 | 139 | 217 | 154 | 1.1 | 3 |
| Sept 2016 | 140 | 209 | 154 | 1.1 | 2 |
| Sept 2015 | 111 | 184 | 133 | 1.2 | 2 |
| Sept 2014 | 114 | 181 | 124 | 1.1 | 1 |
"Applicants" counts every family that listed the school as any preference, so it is higher than the number competing for each place. "Outside Lancashire" means a home in another local authority; it is not the school's catchment area. For grammar schools, offers also depend on the entrance test result.
Source: Secondary and primary school applications and offers (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (lancashire.gov.uk), last checked 1 November 2026
Key dates
- Test registration
- Not yet available
- Test date
- Not yet available
- Results sent to families
- Not yet available
- Apply to your council (September 2027 entry)
- By 31 October 2026This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
- National offer day
- 1 March 2027Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
- Open days
- Not yet available
- School opened (current registration)
- 1 January 2011
Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Ofsted inspection
Inspected on 21 September 2022: overall Good. Read the report ↗
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Inspection history (2)
Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026
Exam results
GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)
| Measure | This school | Selective schools in England | All state schools in England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90). | 72.1 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 95.8% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 55.2% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 98.6% | 98.3% | 64.8% |
| Progress 8Not published for most schools in recent years, because primary school tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021. | – | – | – |
Attainment 8 over time: 73.7 (2023/24) → 73.4 (2024/25) → 72.1 (2025/26).
143 pupils took GCSEs. Results reflect a selective intake: compare grammar schools with each other rather than with all schools.
Source: Key stage 4 performance (GCSE results) (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
How to get there
- Postcode
- LA1 1SF
- Map location
- 54.04571, -2.80332
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 01524581661
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.lggs.org.uk
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 136381) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026