Bentham Community Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
LANCASTER · LA2 7BP · North Yorkshire
Ages 3–11
- KS252%
- Absence4.5%
- FSM23.5%
- Demand1.00
2.8 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 119379
Tatham Fells Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Lancaster · LA2 8RA
Ages 3–11 · 28 pupils · Lancashire
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
67%
Overall absence
6.2%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-06-02
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)67%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 109.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 101.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)21.2%
Unauthorised2.3%
- Authorised absence
- 3.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 33
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
1st preferences
0
Places offered
0
1st-preference offers
0
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 5
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 0
- Applications from outside LA
- 2
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill47%
28 pupils · 60 places
- Pupils on roll
- 28
- Boys / girls
- 17 / 11
- School capacity
- 60
- Capacity fill
- 28 / 60 (47%)
- Free school meals
- 4.3%
- FSM pupils
- 1
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- 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 controlled school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Fiona Ip
Location
- Address
- Lowgill
- Postcode
- LA2 8RA
- Town
- Lancaster
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from 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 controlled school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Lancaster, Lancashire, 28 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 4.3%. 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.
Other independent special school
Via Lancaster · LA2 7DD · North Yorkshire
Ages 7–18
- Att810.1
- EM5+0%
2.7 miles away
Other independent special school
Lancashire · LA2 7BX · North Yorkshire
Ages 11–18
2.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Fiona Ip
- Telephone
- 01524261441