Austwick Church of England VA Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Lancaster · LA2 8BN
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
53
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Age range
Ages 4–11
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Lancaster, North Yorkshire, 53 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 7.7%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Leeds (ce).
Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 121620
Location
- Address
- Austwick
- Postcode
- LA2 8BN
- Town
- Lancaster
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- District
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 53
- Boys / girls
- 31 / 22
- School capacity
- 70
- Capacity fill
- 53 / 70 (76%)
- Free school meals
- 7.7%
- FSM pupils
- 4
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Leeds (ce)
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Beth McHardy
- Telephone
- 01524251366
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2025-01-12
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 80%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 20%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 111.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 109.0
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
5.1%
Persistent absence
15.6%
Unauthorised
0.6%
- Authorised absence
- 4.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 45
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 3.6% · Persistent 4.2%
- 2021/22
- Overall 5.4% · Persistent 12.2%