Caton Primary School

Community school·Primary school Lancaster, Lancashire·LA2 9NH
Composite score
41.0
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#10,574
National rank
#1560
In North West
#323
In Lancashire
Top 72%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
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%
11 first choices, 12 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
51
any preference, for 12 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Caton 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
74
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
2.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,683
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Caton Primary School at a glance

Located in Lancaster, Lancashire, Caton Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 74 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 9.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to 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 105 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Caton Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 11 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 14.8 pupils per teacher. Caton 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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