Layton Primary School

Layton Primary School remains rated as outstanding following its recent inspection, which serves to confirm this status but indicates that performance may not reflect a high grade in a full evaluation. The school has established a welcoming environment where students, including those in early years and those with special educational needs, are happy and achieve well. However, there are concerns about the depth of understanding some students have in certain subjects, suggesting a need for improvement in curriculum detail. While the school demonstrates strengths in numerous areas, it faces challenges related to documentation regarding support for pupils with special educational needs.

Strengths

• High expectations for pupil achievement
• Strong support for pupils with SEND
• Ambitious and well-designed curriculum
• Effective phonics programme and reading support
• Pupils exhibit good behaviour and engagement
• Active pupil leadership team promoting well-being and community involvement

Areas for Improvement

• Insufficient detail in curriculum for some subjects
• Lack of clarity in documents regarding SEND support
• Attendance issues for some pupils, particularly disadvantaged ones

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 Layton Primary School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.8% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Layton Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Layton Primary School had 19.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.8% 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, 18.3% of pupils at Layton Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% 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 Layton Primary School received £7,634 and spent £7,616 for each of its 622 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £941,000 (£1,513 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 Layton Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Layton Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Layton Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Layton Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Layton Primary School have?

Layton Primary School has 622 pupils on roll.

What age range does Layton Primary School cover?

Layton Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

What are Layton Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Layton Primary School?

Layton Primary School is at Meyler Avenue, Layton, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 7DX.