Bolton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School
Primary · Carnforth · LA5 8DT
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 19 July 2022
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290 pupils · 92% of 315 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Age range
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 9.7% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 1.7% of pupils
- SEN support
- 4.7% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2.4% of pupils
- Website
- www.blsschool.co.uk
- URN
- 119521
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.94 first-choice applications per place36 places offered · 34 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
46 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% moved to another state school
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.
Nearby schools
- Nether Kellet Community Primary School
- Slyne-with-Hest, St Luke's, Church of England Primary School
- Carnforth Community Primary School
- Carnforth Christ Church, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary School
- Carnforth High School
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth
- St Wilfrid's Cof E Primary School
- Over Kellet Wilson's Endowed Church of England Primary School