Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary School

Community school·Primary school Morecambe, Lancashire·LA4 6PN
Composite score
52.1
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#6,489
National rank
#876
In North West
#185
In Lancashire
Top 44%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
98%
53 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
0.88
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
194
any preference, for 60 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
00.511.52
1 per place
1.4720221.1020231.0220240.9120250.882026

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

Lancashire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
410
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
11.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,846
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary School at a glance

Located in Morecambe, Lancashire, Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 410 pupils aged 3 to 11. 73% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 9.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 44% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 98% of the families who made Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 23.6 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 12% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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