Wray with Botton Endowed Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Lancaster, Lancashire·LA2 8QE
Composite score
55.8
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#5,248
National rank
#693
In North West
#155
In Lancashire
Top 36%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
50%
% achieving higher RWM
20%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
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%
7 first choices, 7 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
11
any preference, for 7 places
Applications from another council area
27%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.43
00.511.52
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Wray with Botton Endowed 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
62
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Christian

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
6.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
24.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,149
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Wray with Botton Endowed Primary School is a primary school serving Lancaster, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Christian religious character. It has 62 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 50% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 39.0 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 top 36% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 20% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Wray with Botton Endowed Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 7 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 18.2 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 6% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Wray with Botton Endowed 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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