Lancaster schools and Ofsted
Every state school and nursery in Lancaster, 65 in all, with its latest Ofsted inspection. 77% were judged good or better at their last inspection. 18 have the new-style report cards, which grade each area of the school rather than giving one word.
65state schools and nurseries
77%good or betterat their last inspection
18new report cardssince November 2025
16inspections publishedin the last six months
Darker means a bigger share of schools judged good or better. Tap an area for its page.
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Latest inspections
- Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School: new Ofsted report card 23 September
- Hornby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School: new Ofsted report card 15 September
- Yealand Church of England Primary School: new Ofsted report card 9 September
- Skerton St Luke's Church of England Primary School: new Ofsted report card 8 September
- Lancaster Royal Grammar School: new Ofsted report card 7 September
- Melling St Wilfrid Church of England Primary School: new Ofsted report card 7 September
- Lancaster Christ Church Church of England Primary School: new Ofsted report card 16 July
- Caton St Paul's Church of England Primary School: new Ofsted report card 14 July
- Leck St Peter's Church of England Primary School: new Ofsted report card 13 July
- Carnforth Christ Church, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary School: new Ofsted report card 1 July
- Lancaster Road Primary School: new Ofsted report card 23 June
- Carnforth High School: new Ofsted report card 22 June
- Lancaster Ryelands Primary School: new Ofsted report card 14 June
- Slyne-with-Hest, St Luke's, Church of England Primary School: new Ofsted report card 7 June
- Poulton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School: new Ofsted report card 13 May
Every school
| Appletree Nursery SchoolLA1 5QB | Nursery | Marsh | Good (2024) |
| Arkholme Church of England Primary SchoolLA6 1AU | Primary | Arkholme | Good (2024) |
| Bay Leadership AcademyLA3 1AB | Secondary | Morecambe | Good (2022) |
| Bleasdale SchoolLA5 0RG | Special | Silverdale | Outstanding (2024) |
| Bolton-le-Sands Church of England Primary SchoolLA5 8DT | Primary | Bolton-le-Sands | Good (2022) |
| Bowerham Primary & Nursery SchoolLA1 4BS | Primary | Bowerham | Report card Mar 2026: Strong standard in 6, expected standard in 1 |
| Carnforth Christ Church, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolLA5 9LJ | Primary | Carnforth | Report card Jul 2026: Strong standard in 1, expected standard in 6 |
| Carnforth Community Primary SchoolLA5 9LQ | Primary | Carnforth | Good (2024) |
| Carnforth High SchoolLA5 9LS | Secondary | Carnforth | Report card Jun 2026: Expected standard in 4, needs attention in 2 |
| Castle View Primary AcademyLA1 3LE | Primary | Bulk | Requires improvement in 2, inadequate in 2 (2025) |
| Caton Primary SchoolLA2 9NH | Primary | Caton | Standards maintained (2025) |
| Caton St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolLA2 9PJ | Primary | Brookhouse | Report card Jul 2026: Expected standard in every area |
| Cawthorne's Endowed SchoolLA2 9BQ | Primary | Dolphinholme | Good (2024) |
| Chadwick High SchoolLA1 2AY | Alternative provision | Skerton | Standards maintained (2025) |
| Cockerham Parochial CofE Primary SchoolLA2 0EF | Primary | Cockerham | Good (2023) |
| Dolphinholme Church of England Primary SchoolLA2 9AN | Primary | Dolphinholme | Good (2024) |
| Ellel St John the Evangelist Church of England Primary SchoolLA2 0JS | Primary | Galgate | School remains Good (2022) |
| Great Wood Primary SchoolLA4 6UB | Primary | Great Wood | School remains Good (2022) |
| Heysham St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolLA3 2RF | Primary | Heysham | School remains Good (2024) |
| Hornby St Margaret's Church of England Primary SchoolLA2 8JY | Primary | Hornby | Report card Sept 2026: Expected standard in 4, needs attention in 2 |
| Lancaster Christ Church Church of England Primary SchoolLA1 3ES | Primary | Bulk | Report card Jul 2026: Strong standard in 1, expected standard in 6 |
| Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary SchoolLA1 1LD | Primary | Lancaster | Report card Sept 2026: Strong standard in 1, expected standard in 6 |
| Lancaster Girls' Grammar SchoolLA1 1SF | Secondary | Lancaster | Good (2023) |
| Lancaster High SchoolLA1 3LS | Secondary | Bulk | Good (2023) |
| Lancaster Road Primary SchoolLA4 5TH | Primary | Great Wood | Report card Jun 2026: Expected standard in 3, needs attention in 4 |
| Lancaster Royal Grammar SchoolLA1 3EF | Secondary | Moorlands | Report card Sept 2026: Exceptional in 2, strong standard in 5 |
| Lancaster Ryelands Primary SchoolLA1 2RJ | Primary | Vale | Report card Jun 2026: Strong standard in 2, expected standard in 5 |
| Leck St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolLA6 2JD | Primary | Leck | Report card Jul 2026: Strong standard in 1, expected standard in 6 |
| Melling St Wilfrid Church of England Primary SchoolLA6 2RE | Primary | Melling | Report card Sept 2026: Expected standard in 4, needs attention in 3 |
| Moorside Primary SchoolLA1 4HT | Primary | Bowerham | School remains Good (2024) |
| Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary SchoolLA3 3RY | Primary | Scale Hall | School remains Good (2023) |
| Morecambe and Heysham Sandylands Community Primary SchoolLA3 1EJ | Primary | Heysham | School remains Good (2023) |
| Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary SchoolLA4 6PN | Primary | Torrisholme | Outstanding in 1, good in 3 (2025) |
| Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary SchoolLA4 4XF | Primary | Morecambe | Requires improvement (2024) |
| Morecambe Bay AcademyLA4 5BG | Secondary | Great Wood | Good (2023) |
| Morecambe Bay Community Primary SchoolLA4 5JL | Primary | Morecambe | Report card Mar 2026: Expected standard in 1, needs attention in 6 |
| Morecambe Road SchoolLA3 3AB | Special | Torrisholme | School remains Good (2023) |
| Mossgate Primary SchoolLA3 2EE | Primary | Heysham | School remains Good (2024) |
| Nether Kellet Community Primary SchoolLA6 1HH | Primary | Nether Kellet | Outstanding in 2, good in 2 (2025) |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, CarnforthLA5 9LS | Primary | Carnforth | School remains Good (2022) |
| Our Lady's Catholic CollegeLA1 2RX | Secondary | Vale | Requires improvement (2024) |
| Over Kellet Wilson's Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolLA6 1BN | Primary | Over Kellet | Good (2024) |
| Overton St Helen's Church of England Primary SchoolLA3 3EZ | Primary | Overton | School remains Good (2023) |
| Poulton-le-Sands Church of England Primary SchoolLA4 5QA | Primary | Morecambe | Report card May 2026: Expected standard in 5, needs attention in 2 |
| Quernmore Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolLA2 9EL | Primary | Hala | School remains Good (2024) |
| Ripley St Thomas Church of England AcademyLA1 4RS | Secondary | Greaves | Outstanding (2023) |
| Scotforth St Paul's Church of England Primary and Nursery SchoolLA1 4SE | Primary | Scotforth | Good (2024) |
| Silverdale St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolLA5 0RF | Primary | Silverdale | Good (2024) |
| Skerton St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolLA1 2JH | Primary | Skerton | Report card Sept 2026: Expected standard in 4, needs attention in 3 |
| Slyne-with-Hest, St Luke's, Church of England Primary SchoolLA2 6JL | Primary | Hest Bank | Report card Jun 2026: Strong standard in 5, expected standard in 2 |
| St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, LancasterLA1 4HT | Primary | Bowerham | Outstanding (2024) |
| St Josephs Catholic Primary School, LancasterLA1 2DU | Primary | Skerton | Requires improvement (2024) |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, MorecambeLA4 5PS | Primary | Great Wood | Requires improvement (2024) |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolLA3 2ER | Primary | Heysham | School remains Good (2023) |
| St Wilfrid's Cof E Primary SchoolLA2 6QE | Primary | Halton | Good in every area (2024) |
| Stepping Stones SchoolLA1 4HT | Alternative provision | Bowerham | Standards maintained (2025) |
| The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, LancasterLA1 3BT | Primary | Moorlands | Standards maintained (2025) |
| The Loyne Specialist SchoolLA1 2QD | Special | Scale Hall | School remains Outstanding (2024) |
| Thurnham Glasson Christ Church, Church of England Primary SchoolLA2 0AR | Primary | Glasson Dock | Report card May 2026: Expected standard in 1, needs attention in 1, urgent improvement in 4 |
| Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary SchoolLA3 2ST | Primary | Heysham | Good (2023) |
| Warton Archbishop Hutton's VC Primary SchoolLA5 9QU | Primary | Warton | School remains Good (2024) |
| West End Primary SchoolLA3 1BW | Primary | Morecambe | Good (2023) |
| Willow Lane Community Primary SchoolLA1 5PR | Primary | Marsh | Good in 3, requires improvement in 1 (2025) |
| Wray with Botton Endowed Primary SchoolLA2 8QE | Primary | Wray | Standards maintained (2025) |
| Yealand Church of England Primary SchoolLA5 9SU | Primary | Yealand Redmayne | Report card Sept 2026: Expected standard in 4, needs attention in 3 |
How the new report cards work
Since November 2025 Ofsted grades each area of a school (achievement, teaching, behaviour, personal development, inclusion, leadership) on a five-point scale: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention, urgent improvement. Safeguarding is met or not met. Across the 18 Lancaster report cards so far, the grades given were: expected standard 69 times, needs attention 26 times, strong standard 22 times, urgent improvement 4 times, exceptional 2 times.
Schools inspected before then have a single grade (outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate), or from September 2024 a grade for each area without an overall one. Short “ungraded” visits check a school is still at its last grade.
Where the figures come from
Ofsted publishes the latest inspection of every state-funded school each month, under the Open Government Licence. We keep those at LA and PR postcodes and show here the ones in Lancaster. Independent schools and childminders aren’t included. Each school links to its full report on the Ofsted website.
Schools in every area
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Questions people ask
How many schools in Lancaster are rated good or better?
77% of the 65 state schools and nurseries in Lancaster were judged good or better at their last Ofsted inspection.
What are Ofsted report cards?
Since November 2025 Ofsted grades each area of a school separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, instead of giving one overall word.
How many schools are there in Lancaster?
There are 65 state-funded schools and nurseries in Lancaster: 51 primary, 8 secondary, 3 special, 2 alternative provision, 1 nursery.