Morecambe Bay Community Primary School
Station Road, Morecambe, LA4 5JL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Lee Dougan
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 345
- Pupils on roll
- 276
- URN
- 119135
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01524401002
About this school
Morecambe Bay Community Primary School is a community primary school in Morecambe. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 276 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Morecambe Bay Community 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
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Needs attention
- 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 | 39 | 34 | 41 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 26% | 35% | 30% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 46% | 59% | 56% |
| Expected standard in maths | 38% | 44% | 39% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 49% | 65% | 49% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 98.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.20 | - | - |
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 Morecambe Bay Community 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 | 26% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 35% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 30% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 288 |
| 2023/24 | 282 |
| 2024/25 | 292 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Morecambe Bay Community Primary School compares
Morecambe Bay Community Primary School ranked 420th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 30% | 9.7% | 65.4% | 276 | — |
| Poulton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School | 36% | 5.5% | 36.8% | 165 | 0.2 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe | 52% | 6.2% | 37.2% | 150 | 0.3 miles |
| Lancaster Road Primary School | 53% | 6.9% | 44.5% | 478 | 0.6 miles |
| Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School | 53% | 5.6% | 40.7% | 491 | 0.8 miles |
| West End Primary School | 52% | 4.7% | 50.8% | 197 | 0.9 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 report6 January 2026
- 19 October 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 65.37%
- English as an additional language
- 19.9%
- Overall absence
- 9.69%
- Persistent absence
- 28.82%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Poulton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Morecambe
-
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe0.3 miles
Primary · Morecambe
-
Lancaster Road Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Morecambe
-
Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Morecambe
-
West End Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Morecambe
Other schools in Morecambe
Morecambe Bay Community Primary School ranks 15th of the 15 ranked primary schools in Morecambe.
- Great Wood Primary School Primary
- Heysham St Peter's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Lancaster Road Primary School Primary
- Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School Primary
- Morecambe and Heysham Sandylands Community Primary School Primary
- Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary School Primary
- Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School Primary
- Mossgate Primary School Primary
- Overton St Helen's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Poulton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe Primary
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Morecambe Bay Community Primary School teach?
- Morecambe Bay Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Morecambe.
- Who is the headteacher of Morecambe Bay Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Morecambe Bay Community Primary School is Mr Lee Dougan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Morecambe Bay Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Morecambe Bay Community 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 Morecambe Bay Community Primary School?
- Morecambe Bay Community Primary School has 276 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Morecambe Bay Community Primary School full?
- Morecambe Bay Community Primary School has capacity for 345 pupils and 276 on roll (80%), 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 Morecambe Bay Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Morecambe Bay Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Morecambe Bay Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Morecambe Bay Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Morecambe Bay Community Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Morecambe Bay Community Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Morecambe Bay Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 26% in 2022/23 and 30% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Morecambe Bay Community Primary School compare with other schools in Lancashire?
- Morecambe Bay Community Primary School ranked 420th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Morecambe Bay Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Morecambe Bay Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 9.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Morecambe Bay Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Morecambe Bay Community 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 30 June 2026.