Lancaster Ryelands Primary School
Torrisholme Road, Lancaster, LA1 2RJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Linda Pye
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 384
- Pupils on roll
- 362
- URN
- 119132
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 0152464626
About this school
Lancaster Ryelands Primary School is a community primary school in Lancaster. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 362 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Lancaster Ryelands Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 52 | 44 | 49 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 61% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 2% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 65% | 75% | 71% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 77% | 84% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 79% | 75% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.20 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Lancaster Ryelands Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lancashire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 52% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 388 |
| 2023/24 | 397 |
| 2024/25 | 386 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lancaster Ryelands Primary School compares
Lancaster Ryelands Primary School ranked 227th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 23% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 7.3% | 62.2% | 362 | — |
| Skerton St Luke's Church of England Primary School | 40% | 6% | 41.4% | 188 | 0.5 miles |
| St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster | 33% | 8.6% | 51.3% | 144 | 0.6 miles |
| Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School | 70% | 4.5% | 19.1% | 320 | 0.7 miles |
| Willow Lane Community Primary School | 46% | 5.7% | 41% | 199 | 0.8 miles |
| Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary School | 73% | 4.4% | 12% | 413 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report28 April 2026
- 23 February 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 62.24%
- English as an additional language
- 9.8%
- Overall absence
- 7.27%
- Persistent absence
- 23.62%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Skerton St Luke's Church of England Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Lancaster
-
St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster0.6 miles
Primary · Lancaster
-
Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Morecambe
-
Willow Lane Community Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Lancaster
-
Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Morecambe
Other schools in Lancaster
Lancaster Ryelands Primary School ranks 15th of the 24 ranked primary schools in Lancaster.
- Austwick Church of England VA Primary School Primary
- Bentham Community Primary School Primary
- Bowerham Primary & Nursery School Primary
- Castle View Primary Academy Primary
- Caton Primary School Primary
- Caton St Paul's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Cawthorne's Endowed School Primary
- Dolphinholme Church of England Primary School Primary
- Ellel St John the Evangelist Church of England Primary School Primary
- Hornby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Lancaster Christ Church Church of England Primary School Primary
- Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Lancaster Ryelands Primary School teach?
- Lancaster Ryelands Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Lancaster.
- Who is the headteacher of Lancaster Ryelands Primary School?
- The headteacher of Lancaster Ryelands Primary School is Mrs Linda Pye, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Lancaster Ryelands Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lancaster Ryelands Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Lancaster Ryelands Primary School?
- Lancaster Ryelands Primary School has 362 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Lancaster Ryelands Primary School full?
- Lancaster Ryelands Primary School has capacity for 384 pupils and 362 on roll (94%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Lancaster Ryelands Primary School a faith school?
- No. Lancaster Ryelands Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Lancaster Ryelands Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Lancaster Ryelands Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Lancaster Ryelands Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 52% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lancaster Ryelands Primary School compare with other schools in Lancashire?
- Lancaster Ryelands Primary School ranked 227th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 23% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lancaster Ryelands Primary School's absence rate?
- Lancaster Ryelands Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lancaster Ryelands Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lancaster Ryelands Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.