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Lancaster Road Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 478Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 119137URN

Lancaster Road, Morecambe, LA4 5TH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.4per place
close to Lancashire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire

110 applications for 46 places · 224th of 366 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
53%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 3 March 2026Published 23 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 3 March 2026
    Report card · 3 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention
  2. 10 November 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.4applications per place, Reception
close to Lancashire median (2.6) 0.2 above England median (2.2)

110 applications · 46 places offered · 43 named it first

  1. 2026 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.7
  8. 2019 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
  9. 2018 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.5
  11. 2016 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
  12. 2015 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.5
  13. 2014 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.4
More applications per place than the Lancashire median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Lancashire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026461102.4430.93
Sep 2025521182.3500.96
Sep 2024621532.5610.98
Sep 2023671482.2620.93
Sep 2022851712.0720.85
Sep 2021761562.1740.97
Sep 2020831762.1730.88
Sep 2019791582.0670.85
Sep 2018791862.4710.90
Sep 2017771832.4680.88
Sep 2016851812.1660.78
Sep 2015781852.4680.87
Sep 2014601803.0691.15

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 57% · Writing 65% · Maths 67% → all three 53% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard53%310th of 444 in Lancashire
Reading
Expected standard57%
Higher standard21%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard65%
Greater depth10%
Maths
Expected standard67%
Higher standard21%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2553%7%102102
2023/2444%5%101102
2022/2331%1%10098

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
119137 · 888/2027
Capacity
600 pupils · 478 on roll
Free school meals
45.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Lancaster Road, Morecambe, LA4 5TH
Local authority
Lancashire · Lancaster

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources