Lancaster Ryelands Primary School, Lancaster
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
This school excels at understanding and supporting each child as an individual. Staff build trusting relationships with pupils and their families from the start, ensuring that every child's needs are precisely identified and met. The school is particularly effective at helping pupils with special educational needs, disadvantaged pupils, and those facing difficulties to thrive alongside their peers in a truly inclusive environment.
Key Strengths
- Exceptional early years provision with a rich, progressive curriculum and nurturing staff relationships
- Highly effective inclusion and support systems that help pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils thrive
- Strong home-school partnerships with staff visiting families at home to understand individual needs
- Commitment to pupils' broader development through enrichment activities like 'Ryelands university' programme, musical theatre, and wheelchair basketball
- Improving attendance rates through personalised, targeted support for families
Areas for Improvement
- Some pupils' depth of understanding in subjects beyond English and mathematics is not developing securely
- At times, pupils complete tasks that do not focus sharply enough on key knowledge teachers want them to learn
- Teachers do not always check well enough that pupils have understood important knowledge, making it harder to ensure secure depth of understanding
- Persistent absence remains above national average, though improving
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - the school has an open and positive culture of safeguarding where all legal requirements are met and pupils feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Musical theatre, wheelchair basketball, debating, sewing, gardening, seed to plate events, fundraising, growing food, litter picking
Lancaster Ryelands Primary School is a highly inclusive primary school that provides strong early years education and comprehensive support for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disadvantaged children. The school creates a nurturing environment where pupils flourish and feel safe.
At a Glance
58.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 75% to 71%. Maths has improved from 77% to 84%. Writing has remained stable at around 76%.
Class Sizes
26.4
Avg class size
22.2
Infant (KS1)
25.5
KS2
14
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
94%
Near capacity
362 pupils
384 capacity
22 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Lancaster
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Lancaster
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)
Inspection History(109)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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Teachers & Staff
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
7.27407%
Overall absence
23.6246%
Persistent absence
309
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Lancaster Ryelands Primary School
The Loyne Specialist School
Our Lady's Catholic College
Chadwick High School
Morecambe Road School
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School
Lancaster High School
Lancaster Royal Grammar School
Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy
Morecambe Bay Academy
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