Final results
2025 local area winners
Congratulations to all the 2025 local area winners!
Primary
Blackpool - Blackpool St Nicholas Church Of England Primary School
Burnley - Worsthorne Primary School
Ribble Valley - Salesbury Church Of England Primary School
Secondary
Ribble Valley - Ribblesdale School
Rossendale - Haslingden High School And Sixth Form
2025 finalists
Congratulations to all the 2025 finalists and prize winners!
Primary finalists
Chorley St Peter's CofE Primary School
Colne Park Primary School
Deepdale Community Primary School
Edenfield CofE Primary School
Sherwood Primary School
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School
Primary prize winners
Highly commended speakers:
Hafsah (Sherwood Primary School)
Highly commended schools:
Sherwood Primary School
Best Individual Speaker: Freya (Chorley St Peter's CE Primary School)
The Great Lancashire Debate Primary Winner: Edenfield CofE Primary School
Secondary finalists
AKS Lytham
Bishop Rawstorne CofE Academy
Holy Cross Catholic High School
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School
Our Lady's Catholic High School
Penwortham Girls' High School
Secondary prize winners
Highly commended speakers:
Amelia (Penwortham Girls' High School)
Eloise (Lancashire Girls' Grammar School)
Highly commended schools:
Holy Cross Catholic High School
Penwortham Girls High School
Best Individual Speaker: Zico (Holy Cross Catholic High School)
The Great Lancashire Debate Secondary Winner: Lancaster Girls' Grammar School
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2024 local area winners
Congratulations to all the 2024 local area winners!
Primary
Blackburn – St Thomas' CE Primary School
Burnley – Worsthorne Primary School
Chorley – Chorley St Peter's CE Primary School
Hyndburn – Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish CE VA Primary School
Lancaster – Lancaster Road Primary School
Pendle – Barrowford St Thomas CE Primary School
Preston – Sherwood Primary School
Rossendale – Edenfield CE Primary School
West Lancashire – St Richard's Catholic Primary School
Secondary
Chorley – Bishop Rawstorne CE Academy
Hyndburn – St Christopher's CE High School, Accrington
Preston – Broughton High School
Ribble Valley – Ribblesdale High School
Rossendale – Haslingden High School and Sixth Form
South Ribble – Balshaw's CE High School
West Lancashire – Tarleton Academy
Wyre – Great Arley School
2024 finalists
Congratulations to all the 2024 finalists and prize winners!
Primary finalists
St Thomas' CofE Primary School
Sherwood Primary School
Worsthorne Primary School
Chorley St Peter's CofE Primary School
Edenfield CofE Primary School
Barrowford St Thomas CofE Primary School
Primary prize winners
Highly commended speakers:
Callum Pickup (Barrowford St Thomas' CE Primary School)
Henry Grimshaw (Edenfield Primary School)
Maryam Manju (Sherwood Primary School)
Zara Firefirey (St Thomas' CE Primary School, Blackburn)
Daniel Ingham (Worsthorne Primary School)
Highly commended schools:
Sherwood Primary School
St Thomas' CE Primary School, Blackburn
Best Individual Speaker: Lola Monks (Chorley St Peter's CE Primary School)
The Great Lancashire Debate Primary Winner: Chorley St Peter's CE Primary School
Secondary finalists
St Christopher's CE High School, Accrington
Balshaw's CE High School
Ribblesdale High School
Haslingden High School and Sixth Form
Broughton High School
Tarleton Academy
Secondary prize winners
Highly commended speakers:
Will Matson (Balshaw's CE High School)
Phoebe Shaw (Haslingden High School and Sixth Form)
Martha Houlder (Ribblesdale High School)
Isabelle Gill (St Christopher's CE High School)
Daisy Sutton (Tarleton Academy)
Highly commended schools:
St Christopher's CE High School
Haslingden High School
Best Individual Speaker: Tabitha Roberts (Broughton High School)
The Great Lancashire Debate Secondary Winner: Balshaw's C of E High School
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2023 local area winners
Congratulations to all the 2023 local area winners!
Primary
Burnley – Barden Primary School
Chorley – Whittle-le-Woods C of E Primary School
Hyndburn – Accrington Peel Park Primary School
Pendle – Barrowford St Thomas C of E Primary School
Preston – Eldon Primary School
Rossendale – Edenfield C of E Primary School
West Lancashire – Burscough Village Primary School
Secondary
Hyndburn – Ribblesdale School
Pendle – SS John Fisher and Thomas More RC High School
Preston – Ashton Community Science College
South Ribble – Balsahw's C of E High School
West Lancashire – Hope High School
Wyre – Millfield Science and Performing Arts College
2023 Finalists
Congratulations to all the 2023 finalists and prize winners!
Primary finalists
Barden Primary School
Burscough Village Primary School
Eldon Primary School
Edenfield C of E Primary School
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School
Westhead Lathom St James' C of E Primary School
Primary prize winners
Highly commended speakers: Maria Afzal (Barden Primary School) and Penny Milne (Edenfield C of E Primary School)
Best Individual Speaker: Emily Ellerton (Burscough Village Primary School)
Highly commended schools: Eldon Primary School and Edenfield C of E Primary School
The Great Lancashire Debate Primary Winner: Barden Primary School
Secondary finalists
Ashton Community Science College
Balshaw's C of E High School
Hope High School
Ribblesdale School
SS John Fisher and Thomas More RC High School
West Craven High School
Secondary prize winners
Highly commended speakers: Patrick Barr (SS John Fisher and Thomas More RC High Schools) and James Winter (West Craven High School)
Best Individual Speaker: Leoni Harris (Ribblesdale School)
Highly commended schools: Hope High School and Ashton Community Science College
The Great Lancashire Debate Secondary Winner: Balshaw's C of E High School
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