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Voluntary aided school · Lancashire

Thurnham Glasson Christ Church, Church of England Primary School

  • 5–11Ages
  • 12Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 119543URN

School Lane, Glasson Dock, Lancaster, LA2 0AR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected 3 March 2026Published 11 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionUrgent improvement
Curriculum and teachingUrgent improvement
AchievementUrgent improvement
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceUrgent 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

  1. 3 March 2026
    Report card · 1 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention, 4 Urgent improvement
  2. 28 June 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement
  3. 8 January 2020
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

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
applications per place, Reception

2 applications · 0 places offered · 0 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2024 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2023 1.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
  3. 2022 5.0; Lancashire median median 2.5
  4. 2019 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2018 4.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
  6. 2017 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.5
  7. 2016 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
  8. 2015 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.5
  9. 2014 2.0; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20260200.00
Sep 20250300.00
Sep 2024133.011.00
Sep 2023451.341.00
Sep 2022155.011.00
Sep 2021050
Sep 2020020
Sep 2019372.331.00
Sep 2018144.011.00
Sep 2017482.041.00
Sep 2016482.041.00
Sep 2015263.010.50
Sep 2014362.020.67

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

all three met the expected standard, End of Year 6

  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/25
2023/24
2022/23

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
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
119543 · 888/3546
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
42 pupils · 12 on roll
Free school meals
8.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
School Lane, Glasson Dock, Lancaster, LA2 0AR
Local authority
Lancashire · Lancaster

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