Central Lancaster High School (CLHS) is a
coeducational secondary school
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...
and
sixth form located in
Lancaster, England. Located on Crag Road on the Ridge area in east Lancaster. In recent years, the school has been performing well below average. Only 26% students obtained a grade 5 or above in English and Maths in 2017, compared to the English national average of 43% and the local authority average of 44%.
History
Central Lancaster High School originally opened in 1966 as Castle Secondary Modern School but in 1986 amalgamated with Greaves Secondary Modern School from the south side of Lancaster, moving all the Greaves pupils up to the larger more modern site on Crag Road and renaming the two amalgamated schools as Central Lancaster High School. The two sites that belonged to Greaves School were either demolished or renovated and made into flats and houses. The school has been awarded specialist
Arts College status. The school catered for pupils aged 11–18.