Poulton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School in Morecambe

Poulton-le-Sands Church of England 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 06/04/2016. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading is average, progress in maths is below average, progress in writing is well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.3%, which is 1.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address:	Church Street, Morecambe, LA4 5QA
Website:	http://www.poulton-le-sands.lancs.sch.uk
Telephone:	01524413273
School Type:	Voluntary aided school
Education phase:	Primary
Local authority:	Lancashire
Headteacher / Principal:	Mrs Victoria Bould
Religious character:	Church of England
Admissions policy:	Not applicable
Unique reference:	119538

Ofsted Inspection

Overall Effectiveness
Quality Of Education
Outcomes For Pupils
Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 06/04/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range:	4 - 11
Gender:	Mixed
School Capacity:	210
Number of Pupils:	171
Number of Boys:	84
Number of Girls:	87

Absence

	School	England state-funded schools:
Overall absence:	5.3%	4%
Persistent absence:	15.6%	8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading

Well Below Average: -2.4 Confidence interval -4.8 to 0.1

Writing

Well Below Average: -3 Confidence interval -5.2 to -0.7

Maths

Below Average: -2.9 Confidence interval -5 to -0.8

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:	46%
England Average:	65%

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

School:	0%
England Average:	11%

Average score in reading

School:	101
England Average:	104

Average score in maths

School:	101
England Average:	105

Nearby Schools

Primary

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Poulton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School Church Street , LA4 5QA	3out of 4	0 yd	Voluntary aided school	No	Mixed	More About School
Morecambe Bay Community Primary School Station Road , LA4 5JL	3out of 4	335 yd	Community school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe Coniston Road , LA4 5PS	3out of 4	386 yd	Voluntary aided school	No	Mixed	More About School
Lancaster Road Primary School Lancaster Road , LA4 5TH	3out of 4	1,005 yd	Community school	No	Mixed	More About School
Great Wood Primary School Beaufort Road , LA4 6UB	3out of 4	1,565 yd	Community 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	584 yd	Academy sponsor led	No	Mixed	More About School
Bay Leadership Academy Osborne Road , LA3 1AB	1out of 4	2,286 yd	Academy sponsor led	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	2,703 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	2,304 yd	Community special school	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

Poulton-le-Sands Church of England Primary SchoolChurch Street, Morecambe