The revised results for the latest cohort of GCSE students (2025) follows on from the provisional results published in October which now include adjusted scores following re-marks and appeals.
A number of the county’s secondary schools and the local authority as a whole have seen their average Attainment 8 scores increase since the provisional results.
Lancashire’s local authority saw pupils achieve an average GCSE Attainment 8 score of 45.1, which is above the England (all schools) average score of 43.8.
Attainment 8 looks at how pupils have performed in up to eight Government stipulated GCSE subjects with each grade being given a value between one to nine- maths and English are given double weighting to reflect the significance of these core subjects.
A school’s Attainment 8 score is the average total achieved by pupils in that year’s GCSE cohort of students.
Progress 8 scores are normally viewed as the most important attainment benchmark on which a secondary school’s performance is judged as it looks at how much progress teachers have made with pupils since joining them in Year 7, rather than just raw outcomes.
Progress 8 scores could not be calculated for this year’s 2025 cohort of students as, due to Covid, this group of pupils did not sit their Year 6 tests.
Check out below how secondary schools in Chorley and South Ribble rank according to their final Attainment 8 scores.
Special and independent schools have not been included in this list.
You can also take a look at the 15 best performing secondary schools, solely under Lancashire County Council’s jurisdiction, here.

1. Chorley & South Ribble secondary schools ranked
All the Chorley & South Ribble secondary schools ranked by their 2025 final GCSE results | Various

2. Walton-le-Dale High School (no. 17)
The Bamber Bridge school has an Attainment 8 score for the 2024/2025 calender year of 33.1 which is below the national average | Google Maps
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3. Wellfield Academy (no. 16)
The Leyland school has an Attainment 8 score for the 2024/2025 calender year of 37.7 which is below the national average | Google Maps
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4. Southlands High School (no. 15)
The Chorley school has an Attainment 8 score for the 2024/2025 calender year of 42.1 which is below the national average. | Google Maps
