Longridge High School

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Lancashire council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Lancashire's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 155 families put this school as their first choice, and 184 places were offered. 155 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 21 September 2021. Overall: Requires improvement It was inspected as Longridge High School, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Requires improvement

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–16

Pupils

810 (capacity 859)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

THE BAY LEARNING TRUST

Phone

01772782316

Address

Preston Road, Longridge, Preston, PR3 3AR

Website

lhs.lancs.sch.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports