Cockerham Parochial CofE Primary School
Primary · Cockerham, Lancaster · LA2 0EF
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 21 June 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
65 pupils · 65% of 100 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Age range
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 9.2% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 4.3% of pupils
- SEN support
- 14.3% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2.9% of pupils
- URN
- 119525
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place13 places offered · 13 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)
13 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)
92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% 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.
Inspection history since 2015
- 8 January 2020: Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools
- 17 May 2016: Yes - improving (good)
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Crookhey Hall School
- Forton Primary School
- Winmarleigh Church of England Primary School
- Ellel St John the Evangelist Church of England Primary School
- Thurnham Glasson Christ Church, Church of England Primary School
- Scorton Church of England Primary School
- Garstang Community Primary School
- Overton St Helen's Church of England Primary School