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Southlands High School

URN
143794
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Southlands High School
URN
143794
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Developing

56 / 100

Developing

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

48

Inspection

50

Admissions Value

61

Destinations

43

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of secondary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#53 of 68 schools in Lancashire

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

Some performance indicators suggest families should review details carefully.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Moderate competition
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Average
  • National comparison: Similar to national average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Southlands High School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Accessible
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Southlands High School

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
14 March 2024
Inspection date
6 February 2024
Inspection type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Requires improvement

    Graded 14 March 2024

  • Quality of education

    Requires improvement

    Graded 14 March 2024

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

Moderate pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

141

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

208

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

100

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.48×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Lancashire
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Lancashire)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
https://www.southlandshs.org.uk/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Lancashire to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

42.1

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

28.4%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

56.9%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

38.6%

EBacc achievement

Location

PR7 2NJ - Clover Road, Chorley, Lancashire

Contact details

Address
Clover Road, Chorley, Lancashire
Postcode
PR7 2NJ
Phone
1257414455
Website
https://www.southlandshs.org.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Lancashire
Local authority code
888

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 1,046 schools in Lancashire.

Authority statistics

Total schools

1,046

Open schools

702

Closed schools

340

Primary schools

622

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 14 March 2024

  • Personal development

    Requires improvement

    Graded 14 March 2024

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 14 March 2024

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    14 March 20246 February 2024Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1Requires improvementView report for inspection published 14 March 2024
    • Requires improvement

      Published
      14 March 2024
      Inspected
      6 February 2024
      Type
      Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    48.1%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 66

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    13.2%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    75.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    8.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    5.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    8.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    159

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary622 (61.4%)
    • Secondary159 (15.7%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other232 (22.9%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Southlands High School0 mSecondaryClosed
    Chorley All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery Unit663 mPrimaryOpen
    Gillibrand Primary School668 mPrimaryClosed
    Gillibrand Primary School668 mPrimaryOpen
    St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Chorley911 mPrimaryOpen
    Westmorland School922 mNot applicableOpen
    Shaftesbury High School1.0 kmNot applicableOpen
    St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, Chorley1.1 kmPrimaryOpen
    Mayfield School1.1 kmNot applicableOpen
    Holy Cross Catholic High School1.3 kmSecondaryOpen
    • Southlands High School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Chorley All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery Unit
      Distance
      663 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Gillibrand Primary School
      Distance
      668 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Gillibrand Primary School
      Distance
      668 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

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    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Lancashire)

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    Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High SchoolSecondaryBB5 4AYOpen
    Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High SchoolSecondaryBB5 4AYClosed
    • Academy@Worden
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      Postcode
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      Status
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    • Accrington Academy
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      Postcode
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    • Accrington Moorhead Sports College
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      Postcode
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    • Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School
      Phase
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      Postcode
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    St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Chorley
    Distance
    911 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Westmorland School
    Distance
    922 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Shaftesbury High School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, Chorley
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Mayfield School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Holy Cross Catholic High School
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School
    Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    BB5 4AY
    Status
    Closed