Lytham Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire·FY8 4HA
Composite score
35.8
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#12,189
National rank
#1816
In North West
#361
In Lancashire
Top 82%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
55%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
10 first choices, 13 places
First choices per place
0.77
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
53
any preference, for 13 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.23
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9120221.0720230.9420241.0020250.772026

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

Every child who put Lytham Church of England Voluntary Aided 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
183
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,720
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Lytham Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school serving Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. It has 183 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 55% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 3.0 percentage points compared with the previous 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 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Lytham Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 13 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 18.9 pupils per teacher. Lytham Church of England Voluntary Aided 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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