Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School

Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in several areas while excelling in personal development, which has been rated as 'Outstanding'. The school has a strong sense of community and provides a nurturing environment where pupils feel happy and secure. However, the school faces challenges in further defining its early years curriculum, which affects the coherence of foundational learning for younger students. This report represents the school's first routine inspection since 2013, following a significant period of exemption from standard evaluations.

Strengths

• Strong sense of family and community within the school.
• Exceptional personal development opportunities for pupils.
• Broad and balanced curriculum that supports good academic achievement.
• Effective early reading program leading to fluency by Year 1.
• High levels of love and care provided to students.

Areas for Improvement

• Lack of clear definitions in parts of the early years curriculum.
• Insufficient links between early years and key stage 1 curriculum.

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 Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.1% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Richard Durning's Endowed 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 Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School had 12.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 60.0% 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, 14.3% of pupils at Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.3% 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 Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School received £8,734 and spent £8,413 for each of its 77 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £13,000 (£163 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 Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School have?

Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School has 77 pupils on roll.

What age range does Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School cover?

Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School?

Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School is at Chorley Road, Bispham, Chorley Road Bispham, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L40 3SL.