Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School

Community school·Primary school Lancaster, Lancashire·LA1 1LD
Composite score
50.4
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#7,118
National rank
#984
In North West
#215
In Lancashire
Top 48%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
65%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
42 first choices, 42 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
96
any preference, for 42 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9120220.9320230.9820241.0020251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
387
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
34.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,329
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School at a glance

Located in Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 387 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 65% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 6.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 42 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. There are about 22.4 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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