Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Lytham St Annes
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Lytham St Annes, part of The Blessed Edward Bamber Catholic Multi Academy Trust. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Lancashire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School in detail
Results
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 119627), 90% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 87% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
Getting a place at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
Across Lancashire, 91% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Lancashire lodged 425 appeals against primary school offers; 259 reached a hearing and 71 succeeded (27.4% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School are Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School (under 0.1 miles, Outstanding, 90% reading, 87% maths); St Annes on Sea St Thomas' Church of England Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 81% reading, 81% maths); Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 81% reading, 90% maths); and Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 88% reading, 88% maths).
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary SchoolSt Annes on Sea St Thomas' Church of England Primary SchoolHeyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolLytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School
The trust
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School is one of 20 schools run by The Blessed Edward Bamber Catholic Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 47% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
All 20 schools in The Blessed Edward Bamber Catholic Multi Academy Trust
Getting there
The nearest railway station is St Annes-on-the-Sea Rail Station, about 730 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Banbury Road (by), 200 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
In August 2026, police recorded 189 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Lancashire (109), as is usual near a town centre.
Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in April 2026. Before that, as Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School (URN 119627), it was rated Outstanding in March 2023. See Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School's inspections
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Results at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School before it became an academy in 2026 (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25Published under the school's previous registration (URN 119627). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 90% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 80% to 87% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 80% to 93% (2024 to 2025).
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
Term dates
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Lancashire's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
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You apply to the council where you live. Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School is in Lancashire; for families living there:
- Lancashire's school travel policy: school transport policies
- How to apply: Apply for free home to school transport assistance
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 24
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 7
- Children hurt
- 5
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 24 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 17 slight.
5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise.
6 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Lancashire is 12 (the median across 707 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Applications and offers at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School before it became an academy in 2026
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 119627). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 31 | 70 | 1.1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 28 | 27 | 74 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 30 | 35 | 83 | 1.2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 29 | 33 | 75 | 1.1 | 4 |
| 2022 | 30 | 36 | 79 | 1.2 | 6 |
| 2021 | 30 | 38 | 88 | 1.3 | 8 |
| 2020 | 30 | 42 | 85 | 1.4 | 12 |
| 2019 | 28 | 28 | 74 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 30 | 48 | 101 | 1.6 | 18 |
| 2017 | 27 | 27 | 80 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 30 | 30 | 84 | 1.0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 30 | 42 | 93 | 1.4 | 12 |
| 2014 | 30 | 40 | 72 | 1.3 | 10 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Lytham St Annes
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Lytham St Annes
Across Lancashire council
Places available
15,442
Applications
12,122
Got 1st preference
91.3%
Got preferred school
98.3%
All primary applications across Lancashire council (2026/27), not just this school.
Absence at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School before it became an academy in 20262024/25
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 119627). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
3.4%
Overall absence
5.0%
Persistent absence
179
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
Questions parents ask about Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
Are there exam results for Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School?
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 119627), 90% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 87% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
What is Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in April 2026. Before that, as Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School (URN 119627), it was rated Outstanding in March 2023.
What is the catchment area for Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School is oversubscribed, Lancashire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School?
Apply through Lancashire's coordinated admissions process, naming Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 24 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 17 slight. 5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise. 6 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Lancashire is 12 (the median across 707 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School?
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School is at Kenilworth Road, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, FY8 1LB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)