Fleetwood High School

Foundation school·Secondary school FLEETWOOD, Lancashire·FY7 8HE
Composite score
44.7
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#2,944
National rank
#395
In North West
#75
In Lancashire
Top 92%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
35.8
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
26%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
52%
% EBacc grade 5+
4%
EBacc average points score
3.15

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
96%
201 first choices, 213 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
329
any preference, for 213 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620220.9420230.9020240.9720250.942026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Lancashire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Fleetwood High School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
1,005
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
53.7%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
1.6%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.8%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
11.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
34.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
13.6
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£9,520
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
73%
197 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
68%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
4%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Fleetwood High School

Fleetwood High School is a secondary school in FLEETWOOD, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. Around 1,005 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 35.8 — well below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 1.4 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

26% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 52% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 96% of the families who made Fleetwood High School their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 73% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 11.0%. There are about 13.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 54% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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