Forton Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Preston · PR3 0AS · Lancashire
Ages 3–11
- KS286%
- Absence3.8%
- FSM14.4%
1.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 119525
Cockerham Parochial CofE Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Cockerham, Lancaster · LA2 0EF
Ages 5–11 · 65 pupils · Lancashire
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
77%
Overall absence
4.7%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-06-21
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)77%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 104.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.7%
Persistent absence (10%+)10.3%
Unauthorised1.2%
- Authorised absence
- 3.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 68
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill65%
65 pupils · 100 places
- Pupils on roll
- 65
- Boys / girls
- 30 / 35
- School capacity
- 100
- Capacity fill
- 65 / 100 (65%)
- Free school meals
- 9.2%
- FSM pupils
- 6
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 5–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Blackburn
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kathryn Hutchins
Location
- Address
- Main Street, Cockerham, Cockerham Parochial C E Primary School
- Postcode
- LA2 0EF
- Town
- Cockerham, Lancaster
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
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 5–11, in Cockerham, Lancaster, Lancashire, 65 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 9.2%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Blackburn.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Winmarleigh Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Some aspects not as strongVoluntary aided school · Primary
Preston · PR3 0LA · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- Absence7.3%
- FSM21.1%
2.4 miles away
Ellel St John the Evangelist Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Lancaster · LA2 0JS · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS275%
- Absence4.1%
- FSM9.5%
2.5 miles away
Thurnham Glasson Christ Church, Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Urgent improvementVoluntary aided school · Primary
Lancaster · LA2 0AR · Lancashire
Ages 5–11
- Absence3.9%
- FSM8.3%
2.7 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kathryn Hutchins
- Telephone
- 01524791550