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, only seventeen were rated outstanding’ 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 - if any!
7. Hambleton Primary Academy
Report published Jan 27 following an inspection on Dec 17-18. Classed as outstanding for all categories. Highlights: safe, happy and exciting place to learn and play; pupils achieve remarkably well; broad, ambitious and highly relevant curriculum. Improvements needed: none. Previous inspection: Outstanding | Google Maps
8. 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
9. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Claughton-on-Brock
Report published Feb 10 following an inspection on Jan 7-8. Classed as good for 3 categories, outstanding for 2. Highlights: pupils behave and achieve well; well-organised curriculum; ambitious curriculums. Improvements needed: always give sufficient thought to the essential knowledge that pupils must learn & in what order; evaluate the delivery & impact of curriculum. Previous inspection: Outstanding. | Google Maps
10. Scorton Church of England Primary School
Report published Feb 12 following an inspection on Jan 14-15. Classed as good for 3 categories, outstanding for 2. Highlights: pupils behave and achieve well; ambitious curriculum; staff are experts in child development. Improvements needed: sometimes learning activities do not build up pupils' understanding of the key knowledge set out in the curriculum; gaps in knowledge as a result of weaknesses in the previous curriculum. Previous inspection: Good. | Google Maps
11. Blackpool and the Fylde College
Report published Mar 18 following an inspection on Feb 11-4. Classed as good for 5 categories, outstanding for 4. Highlights: Students and apprentices thoroughly enjoy their education; tutors are subject specialists; behaviour is exemplary. Improvements needed: provide consistently high standard of feedback to pupils; Increase the proportion of students on education programmes for young people who achieve their level 1 and level 2 qualification. Previous inspection: N/A. | Google Maps
12. Whitefield Infant School and Nursery
Report published Apr 2 following an inspection on Feb 25-26. Classed as outstanding for all categories. Highlights: pupils behave & achieve exceptionally well; well-crafted curriculum; SEND support. Improvements needed: N/A. Previous inspection: Outstanding. | Google Maps