Slyne-with-Hest, St Luke's, Church of England Primary School

Primary · Lancaster · LA2 6JL

Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Strong standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 24 March 2026 · report published 7 June 2026

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At a glance

201 pupils · 84% of 239 capacity

School type: Voluntary aided school
Age range: 4–11
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Free school meals: 8% of pupils
English as additional language: 3.5% of pupils
SEN support: 9.4% of pupils
EHC plan: 2.5% of pupils
Website: https://www.slyne-with-hest.lancs.sch.uk/
URN: 119542

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.83 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 25 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20

20/21

21/22

22/23

23/24

24/25

25/26

26/27

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

74%

England 62%

Reaching the higher standard

England 8%

Average scaled score (reading)

107

England 106

Average scaled score (maths)

107

England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)

England 6.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)

9.8%

England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher

22.5

England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% 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

This school£6,832

Typical primary school£6,960

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

24 March 2026: Strong standard (report card inspection)
11 January 2022: School remains Good (ungraded inspection)
24 May 2016: Yes - improving (good) (ungraded inspection)

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

Nearby schools

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Bolton-le-Sands Church of England Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 1.5 mi
Great Wood Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 1.5 mi
Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary SchoolOutstanding · Primary · 1.5 mi
Lancaster Ryelands Primary SchoolExpected standard · Primary · 1.8 mi
St Josephs Catholic Primary School, LancasterRequires improvement · Primary · 1.8 mi
The Loyne Specialist SchoolOutstanding · Special / other · 1.9 mi
Morecambe Road SchoolGood · Special / other · 2.0 mi

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