Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Lancaster · LA1 1LD · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS257%
- Absence6.5%
- FSM19.1%
0.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 119134
Willow Lane Community Primary School
Community school · Lancaster · LA1 5PR
Ages 4–11 · 199 pupils · Lancashire
Ofsted
Not judged
KS2 expected (RWM)
52%
Overall absence
6.2%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-04-23
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- 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)52%
Higher standard (RWM)10%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 103.0
- 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 absence6.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)16.9%
Unauthorised1.0%
- Authorised absence
- 5.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.5%
- Enrolments in measure
- 183
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill95%
199 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 199
- Boys / girls
- 101 / 98
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 199 / 210 (95%)
- Free school meals
- 37.7%
- FSM pupils
- 75
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Federation
- The Willow Tree Federation
- Headteacher
- Ms Lucy Naylor
Location
- Address
- Willow Lane
- Postcode
- LA1 5PR
- Town
- Lancaster
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre
- Urban/rural
- Urban: 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 community school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Lancaster, Lancashire, 199 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 37.7%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Lancaster Ryelands Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardCommunity school · Primary
Lancaster · LA1 2RJ · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS252%
- Absence7.0%
- FSM58.0%
0.8 miles away
The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster
Ofsted: Standards maintainedVoluntary aided school · Primary
Lancaster · LA1 3BT · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS279%
- Absence5.4%
- FSM25.1%
0.9 miles away
Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Morecambe · LA3 3RY · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS262%
- Absence4.1%
- FSM20.6%
1.0 miles away
St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Lancaster · LA1 2DU · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS240%
- Absence12.3%
- FSM56.3%
1.0 miles away
Bowerham Primary & Nursery School
Ofsted: Expected standardCommunity school · Primary
Lancaster · LA1 4BS · Lancashire
Ages 2–11
- KS268%
- Absence4.3%
- FSM14.8%
1.1 miles away
Castle View Primary Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Lancaster · LA1 3LE · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS263%
- Absence8.9%
- FSM56.0%
1.2 miles away
Voluntary aided school · Primary
Lancaster · LA1 2JH · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS271%
- Absence6.1%
- FSM37.2%
1.2 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Lucy Naylor
- Telephone
- 0152465880