Morecambe Bay Community Primary School

Morecambe Bay Community Primary School is currently facing challenges in improving pupil achievement and attendance. Although there are some recent improvements in teaching and curriculum design, too many pupils, particularly those disadvantaged or with special educational needs, do not reach their full potential. The school has established a positive safeguarding culture, which contributes to pupils' safety, and offers numerous personal development opportunities. However, issues in attendance remain a significant concern, especially among disadvantaged pupils, impacting their learning experience.

Strengths

• Strong safeguarding standards in place.
• Pupils are engaged in various personal development activities.
• Effective support for disadvantaged pupils in specific areas like reading.
• Teachers have a secure understanding of their subjects.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupil achievement is not at the expected level, with particular underperformance among disadvantaged pupils.
• Attendance is below expectations, especially for disadvantaged pupils.
• Inconsistent quality of teaching and gaps in pupils' prior learning.
• Many children in early years do not learn to read and write well.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Morecambe Bay Community Primary School attended 90.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 28.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.7% of pupils at Morecambe Bay Community Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Morecambe Bay Community Primary School had 21.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 18.8% of pupils at Morecambe Bay Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 11.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Morecambe Bay Community Primary School received £9,481 and spent £9,436 for each of its 276 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £84,000 (£305 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Morecambe Bay Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Morecambe Bay Community Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Morecambe Bay Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Morecambe Bay Community Primary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Morecambe Bay Community Primary School have?

Morecambe Bay Community Primary School has 276 pupils on roll.

What age range does Morecambe Bay Community Primary School cover?

Morecambe Bay Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Morecambe Bay Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 30% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Morecambe Bay Community Primary School?

Morecambe Bay Community Primary School is at Station Road, Morecambe, Lancashire, LA4 5JL.