The educational watchdog Ofsted visited 26 mainstream secondary schools and colleges in Lancashire between January 1 2024 and December 26 2025.
Educational establishments can be rated one of four grades - outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate - with a mix of ratings being given out throughout the year.
As of September 2024 however, Ofsted also changed the way it inspects schools so that in the more recent reports, no overall effectiveness rating is given instead just individual ratings across categories.
Take a look at all the schools and colleges with new Ofsted this year below, including their classifications, highlights and areas that require improvement…
1. Lancashire secondary schools & colleges
Take a look at all the Lancashire secondary schools & colleges with new Ofsted reports 2025 | Google Maps
2. St Cecilia's RC High School
Report published Jan 28 following an inspection on Jan 7-8. Classed as good for all categories bar 1 outstanding. Highlights: pupils behave and acheive well; many extra-curricular activities; ambitious curriculum. Improvements needed: activities should help pupils develop sufficient depth of knowledge; more quicky rectify gaps in knowledge. Previous inspection: Good | Google Maps
3. Rhyddings
Report published Jan 31 following an inspection on Jan 8-9. Classed as requires improvement for all categories Highlights: staff have strong subject expertise; most pupils behave well. Improvements needed: underdeveloped KS4 curriculum; checks on knowledge; adaptions for SEND. Previous inspection: N/A | Google Maps
4. Blackburn College
Report published Feb 10 following an inspection on Nov 12-15. Classed as good for 4 categories, outstanding for 4. Highlights: students and apprentices really enjoy coming to college; cohesive and harmonious culture; ambitious curriculums. Improvements needed: implement improvement measures across apprenticeships so proportion who achieve their apprenticeships is consistently high; students’ attendance and proportion who achieve highergrades in GCSE mathematics. Previous inspection: Good. | Google Maps