Best Primary Schools in Lancaster
We checked all 27 primary schools in Lancaster, Lancashire, and list every one: 24 ranked, then 3 without a rank.
- Schools checked
- 27
- Ranked
- 24
- Without a rank
- 3
Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Lancaster. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.
Lancaster also has 7 secondary schools, ranked on GCSE results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Lancashire. Lancashire also has rankings for Preston, Chorley, Burnley, Accrington, Ormskirk and all of Lancashire.
Ranked primary schools in Lancaster
Rank 1
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, Lancaster
Ofsted: Outstanding- Expected standard
- 79%
- Higher standard
- 28%
Rank 2
Dolphinholme Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Good- Expected standard
- 85%
- Higher standard
- 15%
Rank 3
Caton St Paul's Church of England Primary School
Report card: Expected standard- Expected standard
- 73%
- Higher standard
- 15%
Rank 4
- Expected standard
- 71%
- Higher standard
- 18%
Rank 5
Slyne-with-Hest, St Luke's, Church of England Primary School
Report card: Expected standard to strong standard- Expected standard
- 74%
- Higher standard
- 7%
Rank 6
Lancaster Christ Church Church of England Primary School
Report card: Expected standard to strong standard- Expected standard
- 64%
- Higher standard
- 18%
Rank 7
Moorside Primary School
Ofsted: Good- Expected standard
- 70%
- Higher standard
- 7%
Rank 8
The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster
Ofsted: Good- Expected standard
- 80%
- Higher standard
- 3%
Rank 9
Bowerham Primary & Nursery School
Report card: Expected standard to strong standard- Expected standard
- 60%
- Higher standard
- 12%
Rank 10
Wray with Botton Endowed Primary School
Ofsted: Good- Expected standard
- 50%
- Higher standard
- 20%
Rank 11
Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School
Ofsted: Good- Expected standard
- 65%
- Higher standard
- 7%
Rank 12
- Expected standard
- 69%
- Higher standard
- 0%
Rank 13
- Expected standard
- 63%
- Higher standard
- 7%
Rank 14
Austwick Church of England VA Primary School
Ofsted: Good- Expected standard
- 67%
- Higher standard
- 0%
Rank 15
St Wilfrid's Cof E Primary School
Ofsted judgements: Good- Expected standard
- 64%
- Higher standard
- 6%
Rank 16
Lancaster Ryelands Primary School
Report card: Expected standard to strong standard- Expected standard
- 63%
- Higher standard
- 6%
Rank 17
Cawthorne's Endowed School
Ofsted: Good- Expected standard
- 67%
- Higher standard
- 0%
Rank 18
Caton Primary School
Ofsted: Good- Expected standard
- 63%
- Higher standard
- 0%
Rank 19
Willow Lane Community Primary School
Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good- Expected standard
- 46%
- Higher standard
- 7%
Rank 20
Bentham Community Primary School
Ofsted: Good- Expected standard
- 48%
- Higher standard
- 0%
Rank 21
Hornby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvement- Expected standard
- 55%
- Higher standard
- 9%
Rank 22
- Expected standard
- 40%
- Higher standard
- 3%
Rank 23
St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster
Ofsted: Requires improvement- Expected standard
- 33%
- Higher standard
- 0%
Rank 24
Castle View Primary Academy
Ofsted judgements: Inadequate to good- Expected standard
- 31%
- Higher standard
- 0%
Primary schools in Lancaster without a rank
Thurnham Glasson Christ Church, Church of England Primary School
Report card: Urgent improvement to expected standard