Great Wood Primary School is a primary school located in Morecambe. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 13/03/2013. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing and progress in maths are above average, progress in reading is average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.3%, which is 0.7 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Beaufort Road, Morecambe

School Information

Address: Beaufort Road, Morecambe, LA4 6UB
Website: www.greatwood.lancs.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01524416971
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Lancashire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr John Ross
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 119311

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 13/03/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 420
Number of Pupils: 415
Number of Boys: 207
Number of Girls: 208

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 4.5% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Above Average: 1.3 Confidence interval -0.4 to 2.9
Writing
Above Average: 2.1 Confidence interval 0.6 to 3.7
Maths
Above Average: 1.8 Confidence interval 0.4 to 3.3

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:78%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:18%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:106
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:107
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Great Wood Primary School
Beaufort Road , LA4 6UB 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary School
Low Lane , Torrisholme LA4 6PN 		4out of 4 516 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Lancaster Road Primary School
Lancaster Road , LA4 5TH 		3out of 4 961 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe
Coniston Road , LA4 5PS 		3out of 4 1,187 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Poulton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School
Church Street , LA4 5QA 		3out of 4 1,565 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Morecambe Bay Academy
Dallam Avenue , LA4 5BG 		1out of 4 1,039 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Our Lady's Catholic College
Morecambe Road , LA1 2RX 		3out of 4 3,269 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Lancaster and Morecambe College
Morecambe Road , LA1 2TY 		- not rated 1,401 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Morecambe Road School
Morecambe Road , LA3 3AB 		3out of 4 1,263 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Loyne Specialist School
Sefton Drive , LA1 2QD 		4out of 4 2,268 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Beaumont College - A Salutem/Ambito College
Slyne Road , LA2 6AP 		- not rated 2,493 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Lancaster Steiner School
Lune Road , LA1 5QU 		- not rated 3,039 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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