Lichfield Cathedral School
Other independent school · Mixed · Staffordshire
The Palace, Lichfield, WS13 7LH
86
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
546
Capacity used
Has space89%
616 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 2–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Susan Hannam
- Address
- The Palace, The Close, Lichfield, WS13 7LH
- Phone
- 01543306170
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Ward / constituency
- Stowe · Lichfield
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 124474
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 17% | — | — |
546 pupils · 616 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 60.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 71% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 88% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.26 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 39.57 | — | — |
Average grade: B (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 53.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 51.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 82.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 27.4% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.54 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 62 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 37.62 | 35 |
| Average grade | B- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 11.5% | 17% |
| A-level students | 39 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 61 | 18% | 62% | 89% | |
| English Language | 61 | 18% | 70% | 80% | |
| English Literature | 58 | 16% | 72% | 84% | |
| Combined Science | 45 | 11% | 60% | 87% | |
| Business | 36 | 22% | 56% | 72% | |
| Drama | 25 | 36% | 88% | 92% | |
| Geography | 18 | 39% | 67% | 89% | |
| Design & Technology | 18 | 67% | 89% | 100% | |
| Spanish | 17 | 35% | 76% | 88% | |
| Biology | 16 | 88% | 100% | 100% | |
| History | 16 | 56% | 63% | 88% | |
| Physics | 16 | 56% | 100% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 11 | 9% | 18% | 36% | |
| Economics | 10 | 0% | 10% | 60% | |
| Physics | 8 | 13% | 13% | 50% | |
| Business Studies | 8 | 0% | 25% | 38% | |
| Government and Politics | 7 | 0% | 0% | 29% | |
| Geography | 6 | 0% | 50% | 67% | |
| English Literature | 6 | 17% | 33% | 67% | |
| Biology | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Fine Art | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chemistry | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Religious Studies | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Design and Technology (Product Design) | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 17739: Lichfield Cathedral School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.