Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School

Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School continues to demonstrate a good standard of education, with a strong focus on nurturing pupils' emotional and social development. The dedicated staff provide exceptional support, ensuring that pupils feel valued and engaged in their learning. The school has made significant improvements to its curriculum, leading to better academic outcomes, although concerns remain regarding historical performance in reading, writing, and mathematics due to factors such as the pandemic and previous curriculum weaknesses. Overall, the school's commitment to community involvement and overcoming obstacles to learning is commendable.

Strengths

• Exceptional support from staff who know pupils well
• Strong community involvement and partnerships
• Improvements in curriculum leading to better academic outcomes
• Pupils behave well and support each other
• A wide range of clubs and educational visits enhance learning
• Effective emotional well-being provision prepares pupils for learning

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment checks on pupils' knowledge are not effective enough
• Phonics approach does not support progress adequately
• Weaknesses in spelling, handwriting, and grammar limit written work

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 Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School attended 92.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 25.8% 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, 3.3% of pupils at Fleetwood Flakefleet 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 Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School had 16.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.2% 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, 16.4% of pupils at Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 9.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 16 pupils.

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 Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School received £9,339 and spent £9,246 for each of its 405 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £46,000 (£113 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 Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School have?

Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School has 421 pupils on roll.

What age range does Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School cover?

Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 37% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School?

Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School is at Northfleet Avenue, Fleetwood, Lancashire, FY7 7ND.