Lancaster Road Primary School, Morecambe
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 6 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Lancaster Road Primary School excels at creating an inclusive, caring environment where all pupils feel valued and safe. The school offers extensive enrichment opportunities in sports and the arts, and provides strong early years provision with excellent phonics teaching. Staff build positive relationships with pupils and work well with families and external agencies to support those with additional needs.
Key Strengths
- Strong safeguarding culture with open communication and clear responsibility for pupil safety
- Extensive enrichment opportunities including sports, arts, and career awareness that engage all pupils
- Effective early years provision with strong focus on phonics, language development and parent engagement
- Good behaviour and attendance initiatives showing recent improvements
- Caring staff who establish positive relationships and maintain a calm, purposeful school environment
Areas for Improvement
- Attainment in reading, writing and mathematics at key stage 2 remains below national average
- Inconsistent teaching quality across classes leading to gaps in addressing basic errors in handwriting, grammar and punctuation
- Attendance rates still higher than national average, particularly affecting disadvantaged pupils
- Tasks not consistently matched to pupils' next steps in learning, limiting progress
- Leadership checks on teaching practice lack sufficient rigour to address inconsistencies
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, concerns are actively identified and managed, and pupils feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Reading Rainbows rewards programme, sports clubs, arts activities, career awareness events, local sports club signposting
Lancaster Road Primary School provides a caring environment where pupils feel safe and included, with a broad curriculum that celebrates difference. However, attainment at key stage 2 remains below national average and improvement has been too slow in key areas.
At a Glance
45.6%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 52% to 57%. Maths has improved from 61% to 67%. Writing has remained stable at around 65%.
Class Sizes
24.5
Avg class size
22.7
Infant (KS1)
25.7
KS2
17
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
80%
Available places
478 pupils
600 capacity
122 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Morecambe
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Morecambe
Admissions Demand - Lancashire
Places available
15,664
Applications
12,136
Got 1st preference
93.0%
Got preferred school
98.8%
Primary admissions across Lancashire (2025/26)
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.86324%
Overall absence
20.71882%
Persistent absence
473
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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