This page shows schools in this area ranked on the basis of their "value added" measures from Key Stage 2 to GCSE.
The measure compares pupils' exam performances with the middle performance of other pupils nationally who had similar prior attainment.
It is based around 1000. The top 5% had a score of 1056.6 and above - the best being 1099.8. Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 students taking the exams, are not ranked.
Click on the name of any school to go to its individual page in the main tables.
Click the Name column for an alphabetical list or on GCSE or A/AS to sort schools on those results.
In the GCSE columns:
- the Old measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent
- the New measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent including English and maths GCSEs
Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.
| SORT BY NAME | SORT BY GCSE (%) | SORT BY SCORE |
| Institution | Old | New | VA | A/AS |
| Lancaster Girls' Grammar School (SEL) | 99 | 98 | 1036.6 | 449.4 |
| Archbishop Temple Church of England High School and Technology College, Preston | 89 | 68 | 1031.6 | NA |
| Lancaster Royal Grammar School (SEL) | 99 | 99 | 1030.2 | 424.7 |
| Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Language College | 84 | 65 | 1028.6 | NA |
| King Edward VII and Queen Mary School (IND, SEL) | 90 | 81 | 1027.8 | 324.8 |
| St Hilda's Roman Catholic Girls' High School, Burnley | 70 | 61 | 1027.5 | NA |
| All Hallows Catholic High School | 83 | 70 | 1025.3 | NA |
| Kingswood College at Scarisbrick School (IND, SEL) | 73 | 68 | 1024.4 | NA |
| Ripley St Thomas Church of England High School | 79 | 63 | 1024.3 | 303.4 |
| Kirkham Grammar School (IND, SEL) | 89 | 89 | 1020.9 | 344.5 |
| Tarleton High School, A Community Technology College | 78 | 51 | 1017.8 | NA |
| Clitheroe Royal Grammar School (SEL) | 99 | 98 | 1017.5 | 378.1 |
| Rhyddings Business and Enterprise School | 73 | 28 | 1017.4 | NA |
| Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (SEL) | 99 | 98 | 1016.8 | 365.1 |
| Bowland High School | 62 | 55 | 1016.2 | NA |
| Penwortham Girls' High School | 79 | 66 | 1015.7 | NA |
| Alder Grange Community & Technology School | 51 | 32 | 1011.1 | NA |
| Balshaw's Church of England High School | 74 | 59 | 1009.6 | NA |
| St Mary's Roman Catholic High School, Brownedge | 58 | 45 | 1009.5 | NA |
| Burnley Walshaw High School | 43 | 35 | 1008.2 | NA |
| Hornby High School | 30 | 26 | 1007.8 | NA |
| Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood | 56 | 44 | 1006.2 | NA |
| St Bede's Catholic High School | 77 | 64 | 1006.1 | NA |
| Hodgson High School Technology College | 72 | 57 | 1005.4 | NA |
| Ribblesdale High School Technology College | 63 | 53 | 1005.4 | NA |
| Central Lancaster High School | 50 | 37 | 1001.7 | NA |
| Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School | 67 | 55 | 1000.6 | NA |
| St Bede's Catholic High School | 66 | 53 | 1000 | NA |
| Holy Cross Catholic High School, A Sports aid Science College | 62 | 48 | 999.9 | NA |
| Burnley Habergham High School | 60 | 55 | 999.8 | 285.8 |
| Our Lady's Catholic High School | 64 | 51 | 999.7 | NA |
| Hutton Church of England Grammar School | 73 | 68 | 999.5 | 314.5 |
| Haslingden High School | 60 | 46 | 998.7 | 256.7 |
| Burscough Priory High School | 65 | 58 | 996.5 | NA |
| Leyland St Mary's Catholic Technology College | 68 | 50 | 996.4 | NA |
| Parklands High School | 63 | 55 | 996 | NA |
| Lostock Hall Community High School | 56 | 38 | 995.9 | NA |
| Longridge High School | 66 | 42 | 994.8 | NA |
| Broughton Business and Enterprise College | 72 | 62 | 994.7 | NA |
| Colne Primet High School | 42 | 32 | 993.7 | NA |
| St Michael's Church of England High School | 74 | 61 | 993.3 | NA |
| St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, Billington | 59 | 53 | 992.3 | NA |
| Norden High School & Sports College | 43 | 35 | 992.2 | NA |
| Saint Aidan's Church of England Technology College | 58 | 52 | 992.1 | NA |
| St Cecilia's Roman Catholic Technology College | 55 | 46 | 991.6 | NA |
| Worden Sports College | 40 | 36 | 987.9 | NA |
| Carnforth High School | 54 | 40 | 986.3 | NA |
| Kirkham Carr Hill 11-18 High School | 53 | 34 | 986.2 | 260.7 |
| Our Lady's Catholic College | 41 | 36 | 985.4 | 205.9 |
| Chorley Southlands High School | 61 | 38 | 985.1 | NA |
| Hollins Technology College, The | 43 | 39 | 984.9 | NA |
| Baines School | 70 | 61 | 980.9 | 318.1 |
| Priory Technology College, Penwortham | 63 | 46 | 980.7 | NA |
| Fearns Community Sports College | 36 | 29 | 979.9 | NA |
| Moor Park High School | 38 | 26 | 979.7 | NA |
| Brierfield Mansfield High School | 40 | 32 | 979.6 | NA |
| Nelson Edge End High School | 37 | 24 | 979.4 | NA |
| Ormskirk School | 53 | 43 | 978.8 | 341.7 |
| Up Holland High School | 50 | 41 | 978.6 | NA |
| SS John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School, Colne | 52 | 37 | 978.6 | NA |
| Padiham Gawthorpe High School | 30 | 16 | 978.5 | NA |
| Glenburn Sports College | 33 | 23 | 978.2 | NA |
| Nelson Walton High School | 34 | 27 | 976.2 | NA |
| Burnley Towneley High School | 26 | 19 | 975.5 | NA |
| Lytham St Annes High Technology College | 51 | 49 | 973.7 | 281.8 |
| Garstang High School : A Community Technology College | 52 | 43 | 972.3 | NA |
| All Saints Roman Catholic High School, Rossendale | 43 | 32 | 971.6 | NA |
| Ashton Community Science College | 52 | 39 | 969.1 | NA |
| Heysham High School Sports College | 43 | 27 | 968.7 | 241.9 |
| St Theodore's Catholic Sports College and Sixth Form | 50 | 44 | 967.1 | 323 |
| Whitworth Community High School | 45 | 36 | 966.1 | NA |
| Colne Park High School | 46 | 38 | 966 | NA |
| Morecambe High School | 39 | 34 | 965.5 | 241.3 |
| Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School | 43 | 33 | 965.2 | NA |
| Fulwood High School & Arts College | 38 | 29 | 964.7 | NA |
| Wellfield High School | 35 | 20 | 964.4 | NA |
| Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn | 42 | 33 | 964.3 | NA |
| Christ The King Catholic High School, Preston | 50 | 28 | 962.2 | NA |
| Thornton Cleveleys Millfield High School | 47 | 38 | 961.9 | NA |
| Albany Science College | 47 | 34 | 959.9 | NA |
| Skerton Community High School | 31 | 6 | 959.3 | NA |
| Burnley Ivy Bank High Business and Enterprise College | 45 | 40 | 958.3 | NA |
| Walton-le-Dale High School | 43 | 29 | 957.9 | NA |
| Fleetwood High School and Post 16 Centre | 27 | 14 | 957.3 | 162.4 |
| Corpus Christi Catholic High School | 40 | 31 | 957.1 | NA |
| West Craven High Technology College | 40 | 28 | 948.1 | NA |
| Burnley Barden High School | 17 | 11 | 947.3 | NA |
| Lathom High School | 34 | 22 | 945.8 | NA |
| Accrington Moorhead High School | 21 | 15 | 940.8 | NA |
| Ribbleton Hall High School | 15 | 8 | 934.8 | NA |
| Tulketh Community Sports College | 23 | 20 | 930.8 | NA |
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