Lytham St Annes High School

Academy converter·Secondary school Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire·FY8 4GW
Composite score
61.6
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#1,013
National rank
#115
In North West
#23
In Lancashire
Top 32%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
49.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
48%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
73%
% EBacc grade 5+
19%
EBacc average points score
4.34

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
257 first choices, 275 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
495
any preference, for 275 places
Applications from another council area
10%

Every child who put Lytham St Annes High School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
1,612
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.8%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
4.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£4,464
Typical secondary: £7,815

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

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School overview

Lytham St Annes High School is a secondary school serving Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 1,612 pupils aged 11 to 16 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 49.3 — above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 6.5 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 32% of secondary schools nationally.

48% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 73% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Lytham St Annes High School their first choice was offered one of its 275 Year 7 places. Lytham St Annes High School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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