Schools in Lytham St Annes
Lytham St Annes has 14 schools in the catchment.school database, including 9 primaries, 2 secondaries and 3 specialist settings, all administered by Lancashire County Council. Seven of the 14 schools hold a religious designation – Church of England, Roman Catholic or Christian – giving the town one of the higher faith-school ratios among Lancashire coast settlements. St Bede's Catholic High School and Lytham St Annes High School are the two secondary providers, each drawing from defined geographic catchment zones along the Fylde coast.
Lancashire uses road-measured distance rather than straight-line distance as the tiebreaker at oversubscribed community schools, so the precise route from your home to the school gate is what matters. At faith schools, supplementary information forms apply alongside catchment criteria. Two schools in the area are currently at or above their published admission numbers, so families whose address sits near a catchment boundary should check the most recent 'last distance offered' data before applying.
School demand in Lytham St Annes
Across the 13 schools in Lytham St Annes with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 86%. 2 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
7 schools in Lytham St Annes have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
1 of the schools in Lytham St Annes is an academy that sets its own admissions criteria independently of Lancashire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
2 of the schools in Lytham St Annes have a current Ofsted rating, of which 2 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Lytham St Annes: 1 oversubscribed (9)
Ansdell Primary School
Primary · Community school
Lytham St Annes · FY8 4DR
Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School
Primary · Community school
Lytham St Annes · FY8 2HQ
Clifton Primary School
Primary · Community school
Lytham St Annes · FY8 3PY
Lytham Hall Park Primary School
Primary · Community school
Lytham St Annes · FY8 4QU
Lytham Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Lytham St. Annes · FY8 4HA
St Annes on Sea St Thomas' Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Lytham St Annes · FY8 1JN
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Lytham St Annes · FY8 1LB
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Lytham St Annes · FY8 4JG
Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Lytham St Annes · FY8 3EE
Secondary Schools in Lytham St Annes (2)
Other Schools in Lytham St Annes (3)
St Anne's College Grammar School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Lytham St Annes · FY8 1HN
AKS Lytham
Not applicable · Other independent school
Lytham St Annes · FY8 1DT
Red Rose School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Lytham St Annes · FY8 2NQ
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Lytham St Annes are set by Lancashire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.