Lancaster Road Primary SchoolMorecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Morecambe.

Summary of the comparison

Lancaster Road Primary School and Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School are primary schools in Morecambe.

  • Lancaster Road Primary School scores 33 out of 100 (grade F, weak) and Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School scores 41 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Lancaster Road Primary School was judged in need of attention and Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School was judged Requires improvement.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 53.0% for Lancaster Road Primary School and 53.0% for Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Lancaster Road Primary School (31.0% in 2022-23, 53.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School (51.0% in 2022-23, 53.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Lancaster Road Primary School versus Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure MorecambeLancaster Road Primary SchoolMorecambeMorecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreF33/100D41/100Stronger figure
Local ranking421st of 466 in Lancashire 380th of 466 in Lancashire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: Needs attentionOfsted: Requires improvement
School typeCommunity school Community school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll519 518
Capacity600 630
LocationMorecambe, LA4 5TH Morecambe, LA4 4XF
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard53.0% 53.0% 62.0%
At higher standard7.0% Stronger figure5.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score102.0 105.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score102.0 103.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census519 518
Free school meals (ever 6)44.5% 40.7%
English as an additional language5.0% 12.2%
SEN support21.4% 10.2%
SEN with an EHC plan5.0% 3.5%
Attendance
Overall absence6.9% 5.6% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence20.7% 16.4% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Lancaster Road Primary School

Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School

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