The educational watchdog Ofsted visited 113 mainstream primary schools, 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, Ofsted also changed the way it inspects schools so now, no overall effectiveness rating is given, instead just individual ratings across categories.
Of those 113 schools and colleges, nineteen were rated either ‘requires improvement’ or ‘inadequate’ against one or all categories in 2025.
Take a look at all those schools and colleges below, including their highlights and the areas that require improvement.
1. Lancashire schools told they need to improve 2025
All the Lancashire schools & colleges handed 'requires improvement' or 'inadequate' ratings in 2025 | Various
2. Fishwick Primary School
Report published Jan 23 following an inspection on Dec 3-4. Classed as requires improvement for all categories bar 1 good. Highlights: pupils are happy and safe; balanced curriculum. Improvements needed: subject curriculum design; delivery of phonics programme; attendance. Previous inspection: Good | Google Maps
3. St John's Catholic Primary School, Poulton-le-Fylde
Report published Jan 24 following an inspection on Dec 17-18. Classed as requires improvement for 3 categories, good for 1 & outstanding for 1. Highlights: nurturing school; pupils are exceptionally well behaved; wide range of extra-curricular activities. Improvements needed: cleraly identify important info that pupils should learn; adapation of curriculum for SEND; checks on learning. Previous inspection: Outstanding | Google Maps
4. 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