Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School
Combermere Road, Higher Heysham, Morecambe, LA3 2ST
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul Slater
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 345
- Pupils on roll
- 321
- URN
- 119272
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01524851043
About this school
Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School is a community primary school in Morecambe. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 321 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 68 | 56 | 46 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 59% | 41% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 2% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 75% | 71% | 61% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 79% | 54% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 72% | 70% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 103.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.20 | - | - |
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 Trumacar Nursery and 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 | 57% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 59% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 41% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 375 |
| 2023/24 | 344 |
| 2024/25 | 334 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School compares
Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School ranked 389th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 12% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41% | 6.8% | 43.5% | 321 | — |
| Heysham St Peter's Church of England Primary School | 76% | 3.5% | 10.6% | 230 | 0.6 miles |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School | 57% | 19.1% | 39.7% | 182 | 1.1 miles |
| Mossgate Primary School | 70% | 4.6% | 34% | 206 | 1.1 miles |
| Morecambe and Heysham Sandylands Community Primary School | 60% | 6% | 47.9% | 428 | 1.8 miles |
| Overton St Helen's Church of England Primary School | 64% | 6.2% | 17.8% | 161 | 2.0 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
- 4 May 2023
-
Ungraded inspection report15 January 2020
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 43.53%
- English as an additional language
- 3.6%
- Overall absence
- 6.81%
- Persistent absence
- 21.38%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Heysham St Peter's Church of England Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Morecambe
-
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Morecambe
-
Mossgate Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Morecambe
-
Morecambe and Heysham Sandylands Community Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Morecambe
-
Overton St Helen's Church of England Primary School2.0 miles
Primary · Morecambe
Other schools in Morecambe
Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School ranks 13th 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
- Morecambe Bay Community 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School teach?
- Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Morecambe.
- Who is the headteacher of Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School is Mr Paul Slater, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Trumacar Nursery and 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 big is Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School?
- Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School has 321 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School full?
- Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School has capacity for 345 pupils and 321 on roll (93%), 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 Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 57% in 2022/23 and 41% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School rank locally?
- Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School ranked 389th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 12% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Trumacar Nursery and 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.