Stanah Primary School

Community school·Primary school Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire·FY5 5JR
Composite score
70.4
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#1,718
National rank
#203
In North West
#42
In Lancashire
Top 12%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
85%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
50 first choices, 52 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
113
any preference, for 52 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.18
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1 per place
0.8920220.9220230.8920240.7920250.962026

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

Every child who put Stanah 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
369
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,305
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Stanah Primary School is a primary school serving Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 369 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 85% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 13.0 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 among the top 12% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Stanah Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 50 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.2%. There are about 21.5 pupils per teacher. Stanah 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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