Community school · Lancashire

Charles Saer Community Primary School

3–11Ages
270Pupils
PrimaryPhase
119277URN

Grange Road, Fleetwood, FY7 8DD · School website

This school is due to be replaced by Charles Saer Primary Academy.

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.7per place

close to Lancashire median (2.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire

43 applications for 16 places · 148th of 366 in Lancashire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

28%met the expected standard

Lancashire 63% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected 24 February 2026Published 20 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Needs attention	Urgent improvement
Inclusion		Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching			Urgent improvement
Achievement			Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour			Urgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeing		Needs attention
Early years		Needs attention
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance			Urgent improvement

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

24 February 2026
Report card · 3 Needs attention, 4 Urgent improvement
13 July 2023
Graded inspection: Requires improvement

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

2.7applications per place, Reception

close to Lancashire median (2.6) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

43 applications · 16 places offered · 16 named it first

2026 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
2025 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.7
2024 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
2023 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
2022 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.5
2021 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
2020 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.7
2019 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
2018 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.7
2017 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.5
2016 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
2015 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.5
2014 1.4; Lancashire median median 2.4

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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	16	43	2.7	16	1.00
Sep 2025	30	75	2.5	30	1.00
Sep 2024	24	66	2.8	23	0.96
Sep 2023	30	82	2.7	29	0.97
Sep 2022	35	77	2.2	32	0.91
Sep 2021	41	95	2.3	30	0.73
Sep 2020	45	111	2.5	41	0.91
Sep 2019	45	99	2.2	39	0.87
Sep 2018	36	90	2.5	32	0.89
Sep 2017	45	99	2.2	43	0.96
Sep 2016	45	88	2.0	46	1.02
Sep 2015	34	72	2.1	31	0.91
Sep 2014	44	61	1.4	34	0.77

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 41% · Writing 41% · Maths 38% → all three 28% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard28%424th of 444 in Lancashire

Lancashire 63% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard41%

Lancashire 77% England 78%

Higher standard8%

Lancashire 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 99 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard41%

Lancashire 74% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Lancashire 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard38%

Lancashire 76% England 77%

Higher standard8%

Lancashire 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 98 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Lancashire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	28%	0%	99	98
2023/24	41%	0%	102	99
2022/23	24%	0%	100	99

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

Charles Saer Community Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Special measures 2026

2.7applications per place 28%met the SATs standard
St Wulstan's and St Edmund's Catholic Academy
0.7 km · Lancashire

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.1applications per place 18%met the SATs standard
Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School
0.9 km · Lancashire

Remains Good2024

2.7applications per place 37%met the SATs standard
Shakespeare Primary School
1.0 km · Lancashire

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.4applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Larkholme Primary School
1.4 km · Lancashire

Standards maintained2024

2.5applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School
1.7 km · Lancashire

Good2023

1.9applications per place 21%met the SATs standard
St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood
2.1 km · Lancashire

Remains Good · concerns noted2023

2.6applications per place
Northfold Community Primary School
3.4 km · Lancashire

Good2024

2.3applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
Thornton Cleveleys Manor Beach Primary School
3.7 km · Lancashire

Good2024

1.8applications per place 57%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 119277 · 888/2404
Capacity: 351 pupils · 270 on roll
Free school meals: 48.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Address: Grange Road, Fleetwood, FY7 8DD
Local authority: Lancashire · Wyre

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