Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Lancaster · LA2 8QE · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
1.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 119530
Hornby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Lancaster · LA2 8JY
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
16
Local authority
Lancashire
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
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, Lancashire, 16 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 6.3%. 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.
Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 119530
Location
- Address
- Main Street, Hornby, Hornby St. Margaret's Church of England Primary School
- Postcode
- LA2 8JY
- Town
- Lancaster
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale
- 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
- 16
- Boys / girls
- 8 / 8
- School capacity
- 70
- Capacity fill
- 16 / 70 (23%)
- Free school meals
- 6.3%
- FSM pupils
- 1
- 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 Blackburn
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
- Federation
- The Lune Valley Federation of Leck St Peters and Hornby St Margarets CE Primary schools
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nicole Davison
- Telephone
- 01524221496
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
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2024-03-12
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
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)
- 45%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 110.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 102.0
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
6.2%
Persistent absence
14.9%
Unauthorised
1.9%
- Authorised absence
- 4.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 47
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 6.2% · Persistent 16.7%
- 2021/22
- Overall 5.8% · Persistent 13.6%