Chadwick High School
Lancaster, LA1 2AY · Lancashire local authority
Lancaster’s School Grade A− better than 76% of towns in England
What stands out about Chadwick High School
- No letter for this school: the reason is below.
- Over capacity: 84 pupils for 40 places
- 69% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Inspected, June 2025 (shown, not graded)
- Homes in its postcode sector (LA1 2) sold for a median £158,000; Lancaster’s is £180,000
No letter for Chadwick High School
Alternative provision isn’t given a letter: pupils come for part of their schooling, so results don’t compare with mainstream schools.
Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection: Good, January 2020. Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, June 2025.
Living near Chadwick High School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in LA1 2, the school’s postcode sector
Lancaster property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in LA1 2 sell for a little under Lancaster’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
15 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Lancaster, LA1 2AY
Chadwick High School: common questions
What is Chadwick High School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (June 2025).
How much do houses cost near Chadwick High School?
Homes in its postcode sector, LA1 2, sold for a median £158,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (368 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Lancaster’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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