Lancaster Lane Primary and Pre-School

Community school·Primary school Leyland, Lancashire·PR25 5TT
Composite score
51.7
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#6,630
National rank
#902
In North West
#192
In Lancashire
Top 45%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
67%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
93%
30 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
1.03
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
65
any preference, for 29 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9520221.1020231.0020240.9120251.032026

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 Lancaster Lane Primary and Pre-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
4–11
Pupils on roll
203
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
22.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,533
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Lancaster Lane Primary and Pre-School at a glance

Located in Leyland, Lancashire, Lancaster Lane Primary and Pre-School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 203 pupils aged 4 to 11. 67% 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 2.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 45% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Lancaster Lane Primary and Pre-School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 30 first choices for 29 places. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 18.7 pupils per teacher. Lancaster Lane Primary and Pre-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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