Southlands High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Chorley, Lancashire
Southlands High School is a secondary school in Chorley, Lancashire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 6 February 2024.
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Catchment area for Southlands High School
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school, on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier exam results, 2022/23 to 2023/24
- Where pupils go after they leave
- Crime, sold prices and rents, broadband and transport around the school
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Key facts
- Address
- Clover Road, Chorley, PR7 2NJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Lancashire
- Pupils on roll
- 821 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 6 February 2024
Strengths
- “The school is highly ambitious for pupils to achieve well.”
- “Pupils are increasingly benefiting from the improvements that the school has made to the quality of education that they receive.”
- “Pupils study a broad range of well-designed subject curriculums.”
To improve
- “However, pupils learn more effectively in some subjects than in others.”
- “This is because the curriculum is not delivered consistently well.”
- “However, some pupils do not make the most of all that the school has to offer.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 March 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 28% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.1 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 73 first-preference applications, 123 offers in total, 73 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Lancashire.
- Holy Cross Catholic High School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Parklands High School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Albany Academy 1.2 mi Good
- St Michael's Church of England High School 1.4 mi Good
- Balshaw's Church of England High School 3.5 mi Good
- St Mary's Catholic High School 3.9 mi Standards maintained
- Wellfield Academy 4.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Academy@Worden 4.4 mi Not judged