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Stalmine Primary School

Primary · Poulton-le-Fylde · FY6 0LR

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 25 January 2023

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At a glance

103 pupils · 90% of 115 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
19.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
27.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.stalmineprimary.co.uk
URN
119147

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 14 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 0.93 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 25 January 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 14 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

16 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
56%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
6%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
99
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school56%
Median of its 12 closest peers63%
Lancashire average60.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Great Horwood Church of England SchoolMilton Keynes · 159 miles awayExpected standard71%
Messing Primary SchoolColchester · 210 miles awayGood36%
Cadmore End CofE SchoolHigh Wycombe · 179 miles awayGood17%
Benwick Primary SchoolMarch · 155 miles awayGood64%
Buckland Newton Church of England Primary SchoolDorchester · 212 miles awayExpected standard71%
Holton-le-Clay Junior SchoolGrimsby · 122 miles awayGood71%
Fulford Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 76 miles awayExpected standard55%
St Mary the Virgin Church of England Primary SchoolHartfield · 232 miles awayGood (2016)50%
Byfield SchoolDaventry · 139 miles awayGood67%
Siddington Church of England Primary SchoolCirencester · 158 miles awayNeeds attention64%
Slimbridge Primary SchoolGloucester · 152 miles awayGood56%
Purley CofE Primary SchoolReading · 185 miles awayExpected standard62%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 91% (Lancashire 74%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Lancashire 2%, England 3%) · Any other White background 3% (Lancashire 3%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Lancashire 1%, England 2%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Lancashire: 2.62 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
19.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.2 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,588; 33.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,324
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 71% (76%) · premises 9% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 7% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £210,005; in-year balance -£41,598

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher30%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work32.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier86%62.3%
Social housing3.8%17.1%
Privately rented10.2%20.5%
Detached houses51.3%22.9%
Flats1.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms28%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01025565 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£258,00091 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£187,000–£322,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (57)£312,000
Semi-detached (28)£189,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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