Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School

Inspectors found a caring, inclusive primary school where pupils feel safe and are expected to work hard. Pupils behave well, are polite and attentive to one another, and benefit from an orderly atmosphere. The curriculum is carefully organised, reading is a particular strength, and most pupils know and remember more over time. The school has recently overhauled SEND provision, although support is not always consistently matched to pupils’ needs. Attendance has improved through strong work with families, and safeguarding is effective. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and it has expanded to three-form entry since its previous inspection. Leaders and governors are committed to continuous improvement, and staff value the consideration given to their workload and well-being. The early years has a new curriculum, but activities do not always match it, so some children do not consolidate their learning as well as they could. Overall, the school is performing well across the judged areas, with notable strengths in reading, behaviour and personal development. The main priorities are to ensure early years staff can deliver the new curriculum consistently and to make SEND support consistently high quality and well matched to pupils’ needs.

Strengths

• Caring and supportive culture where pupils feel safe and secure.
• High expectations and an orderly, industrious atmosphere.
• Pupils are well mannered, helpful and attentive to each other.
• Curriculum is logically organised so most pupils know and remember more.
• Strong reading curriculum with effective phonics and support for pupils who fall behind.
• Recently overhauled SEND provision identifies needs correctly and staff adapt lessons.
• Pupils learn how to respond to bullying and inequality, including online.
• Attendance rates have improved through work with families.
• Wide enrichment opportunities and pupil leadership roles.
• Staff appreciate leaders’ consideration of workload and well-being.
• Governance is highly committed and well informed.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Early years activities sometimes do not match the new curriculum, making play less purposeful.
• Some children in early years do not consolidate their learning enough.
• Tasks and support for pupils with SEND occasionally do not match their needs.
• SEND support is not consistently high quality and effective.

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 Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.5% 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, 0.8% of pupils at Heyhouses Endowed Church of England 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 Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School had 22.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 2.9% 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, 15.8% of pupils at Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.7% 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 Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School received £6,904 and spent £6,841 for each of its 575 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £67,000 (£117 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 Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School have?

Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School has 575 pupils on roll.

What age range does Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School cover?

Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School?

Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School is at Clarendon Road North, St Anne's, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, FY8 3EE.