Morecambe Bay Community Primary School

Community school · Primary school · Morecambe, Lancashire
LA4 5JL
Composite score
19.5

About Morecambe Bay Community Primary School

Morecambe Bay Community Primary School is a primary school in Morecambe, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 292 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted (January 2026). 30% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 5.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 98 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 65% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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 further down the page.

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#14,473
National rank
#2241
In North West
#440
In Lancashire
Top 98%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
30%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
98.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 06/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Needs attention
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Needs attention

School profile

Pupils on roll 292 % FSM ever-6 65.4% % EAL 19.9% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed

Location

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