Foundation school

Lathom High School : A Technology College

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formLancashire, North West · Skelmersdale WN8 6JNTrust: The Lathom TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
806of 869 places
Free school meals
44.7%
Year 11 cohort 2025
140
Ofsted
Good, 14 June 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Lathom High School : A Technology College has no sixth form. Of the 85 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 8% moved to a sixth form college, 67% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.

13% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 39% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 41.5 against 46.1 across England and 45.1 in Lancashire, with 31% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Lancashire and England.

This school
Lancashire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolLancashireEngland
Pupils in the cohort8513,296607,348
Any sustained destination86%90%92%
Stayed in education79%81%86%
— school sixth form2%12%34%
— sixth form college8%20%13%
— further education college67%48%37%
— other education1%2%2%
Apprenticeship4%5%3%
Employment4%4%3%
No sustained destination13%7%6%
Destination unknown1%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolLancashireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)41.545.146.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths31%44%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths59%64%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects69%34%41%
EBacc average point score3.793.954.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort49%26%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils37.932.734.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils44.849.350.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language11%12%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics13999%88%9%22%69%
English Language13999%89%14%20%66%
English Literature13596%86%11%21%69%
Combined Science11683%65%3%9%42%
Spanish9669%19%8%27%60%
Geography7956%41%11%25%57%
Art and Design5439%7%6%24%87%
History5136%41%16%26%69%
Food Preparation and Nutrition4633%8%7%21%54%
Design and Technology3626%11%0%23%36%
Citizenship Studies2619%3%0%19%12%
Photography2417%6%13%19%100%
Computer Science2014%13%30%30%50%
Biology1914%23%11%45%74%
Physics1914%23%21%46%79%
Chemistry1813%23%33%47%94%
Physical Education139%11%31%24%85%
Polish21%1%84%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports / Movement Science25
Computer Appreciation / Introduction17

Other secondary schools in Lancashire

Academy@Worden

Academy converter · 660 pupils

74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2

Accrington Academy

Academy sponsor led · 953 pupils

79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.4

Albany Academy

Academy converter · 725 pupils

76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7

Alder Grange School

Community school · sixth form · 899 pupils

82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.0

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.