The County Council is the Strategic Commissioner of Education Provision in Lancashire. The school place provision strategy sets out how we will carry out our responsibility for ensuring there are the right number of school places, in the right areas, at the right time to meet demand.

The School Planning Team delivers the school place provision strategy on behalf of the County Council. Where appropriate, a review of school place provision will happen in key areas, and the current projects in progress or recently completed are detailed below. 

The School Planning Team produce a data dashboard that provides insight into the pupil projections used for planning the provision of school places in Lancashire. The dashboard should be considered alongside the school place provision strategy.

The School Planning Team can be contacted via schoolplanning@lancashire.gov.uk

School place planning dashboard

Insight into the pupil projections used for planning the provision of school places in Lancashire.

School place provision strategy 2022-25

Strategy for the provision of school places.

Goosnargh Oliverson's Church of England Primary School

Lancashire County Council is proposing to expand Goosnargh Oliverson's Church of England Primary School.

Whittlefield Primary School

Lancashire County Council is proposing to discontinue the nursery provision delivered by Burnley Whittlefield Primary School.

Expansion of Archbishop Temple Church of England High School

Lancashire County Council is proposing to expand Archbishop Temple Church of England High School.

Pinfold Primary School

Outcome of the proposed closure of Pinfold Primary School, Pinfold Lane, Scarisbrick, L40 8HR and the repurposing the site as a satellite for Kingsbury Special School.

Expansion of Broughton in Amounderness Church of England Primary School

Proposal to permanently expand Broughton in Amounderness Church of England Primary School from September 2025.

New primary school for Goosnargh and Grimsargh with Longridge – Whittingham Hospital

Lancashire County Council is proposing to start the process of commissioning a new primary school in Goosnargh and Grimsargh with Longridge.

Expansion of Cottam Primary School, Haydocks Lane, Cottam, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 0NY

Lancashire County Council is proposing to start the process to expand Cottam Primary School.

Glenburn Sports College

Public notice. Former Glenburn Sports College Yewdale Skelmersdale – Disposal of Land and Buildings involving the Secretary of State.

New primary school for Preston - Cottam Hall

Lancashire County Council is proposing to start the process of commissioning a new primary school in Preston.

New secondary school for Preston – former Tulketh High School site

Lancashire County Council is proposing to start the process of commissioning a new secondary school in Preston.

Expansion of Lea Community Primary School

Following a consultation, members of Lancashire County Council's cabinet have agreed the proposed expansion of Lea Community Primary School to provide an additional 210 places, by admitting 30 additional pupils to each Reception year with effect from September 2024.

Expansion of Longridge High School

Following a consultation, members of Lancashire County Council's cabinet have agreed the proposed expansion of Longridge High School to provide an additional 225 places, by admitting 45 additional pupils to each Year 7 with effect from September 2024.

Temporary expansion of Newton Bluecoat Primary School

Members of Lancashire County Council's cabinet have agreed the proposed temporary expansion of Newton Bluecoat Primary School, by exceeding its Published Admission Number by 30 places in 2023/24.

Proposal to raise the age range of Clitheroe Edisford Primary School

Outcome of the proposal to permanently raise the age range of Clitheroe Edisford Primary School.

Expanding the age range at Ribblesdale High School, to become an all-through school, providing additional primary places for Clitheroe

Following a consultation, members of Lancashire County Council's cabinet have agreed that Ribblesdale High School expand its current age range from 11 to 16, to a new age range of four to 16.

Social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) school in Lancaster, information for academy sponsors

Lancashire County Council is inviting expressions of interest from academy proposers interested in sponsoring a new school for pupils with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs on the former Firbank Childrens Centre site in Lancaster.