Stepping Stones School
Special / other · Lancaster · LA1 4HT
Ungraded inspection: no current grade
Ofsted's most recent visit was an ungraded inspection; its outcome was “Standards maintained”. Since September 2024 these outcomes no longer confirm a named grade, and the school's last graded inspection is too old to appear in Ofsted's current data file, so SchoolFacts shows no grade rather than guessing. Earlier grades are on the school's Ofsted report page.
Inspected 12 February 2025
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22 pupils
- School type
- Pupil referral unit
- Age range
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 95.5% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils
- SEN support
- 50% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 50% of pupils
- URN
- 119103
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 11 February 2025: Standards maintained
- 19 March 2019: School remains Outstanding
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Moorside Primary School
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, Lancaster
- Scotforth St Paul's Church of England Primary and Nursery School
- Bowerham Primary & Nursery School
- Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy
- The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster
- Lancaster Royal Grammar School
- Lancaster Christ Church Church of England Primary School