Southlands High School
Secondary schoolSouthlands High School is a secondary school in Chorley, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 821 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), February 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 6 February 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Southlands High School was 40.4, against 49.8 in Chorley and 46.2 in England.
34.1% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Chorley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 40.4 | 49.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34.1% | 51% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53.9% | 71.8% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 167 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Chorley All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery UnitPrimary. Good (overall), April 2023. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)660 m
- Gillibrand Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)670 m
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, ChorleyPrimary. School remains Good, February 2024. 38% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)910 m
- Westmorland SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file920 m
- Shaftesbury High SchoolPupil referral and alternative provision. Standards maintained, April 20251 km
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, ChorleyPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Chorley
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).