Larkholme Primary School
Windermere Avenue, Fleetwood, FY7 8QB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Claire Gilmour
- Constituency
- Blackpool North and Fleetwood
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 276
- URN
- 119299
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01253874024
About this school
Larkholme Primary School is a community primary school in Fleetwood. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 276 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
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 30 October 2024, where inspectors found that standards have been maintained. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 42 | 45 | 41 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 76% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 4% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 80% | 76% |
| Expected standard in maths | 81% | 91% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% | 84% | 76% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 106.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.60 | - | - |
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 Larkholme 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 | 55% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 76% | 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 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 300 |
| 2023/24 | 298 |
| 2024/25 | 275 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Larkholme Primary School compares
Larkholme Primary School ranked 229th 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 56% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 5.1% | 32.4% | 276 | — |
| Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School | 37% | 7.1% | 55.5% | 421 | 0.6 miles |
| Charles Saer Community Primary School | 28% | 8% | 53.8% | 270 | 0.9 miles |
| St Wulstan's and St Edmund's Catholic Academy | 18% | 6.8% | 41.8% | 203 | 1.1 miles |
| Northfold Community Primary School | 59% | 4.5% | 18.7% | 209 | 1.2 miles |
| Shakespeare Primary School | 73% | 5% | 33.5% | 418 | 1.3 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 32.36%
- English as an additional language
- 3.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.14%
- Persistent absence
- 16.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Fleetwood
-
Charles Saer Community Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Fleetwood
-
St Wulstan's and St Edmund's Catholic Academy1.1 miles
Primary · Fleetwood
-
Northfold Community Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Thornton-Cleveleys
-
Shakespeare Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Fleetwood
Other schools in Fleetwood
Larkholme Primary School ranks 2nd of the 6 ranked primary schools in Fleetwood.
- Charles Saer Community Primary School Primary
- Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School Primary
- Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School Primary
- Shakespeare Primary School Primary
- St Wulstan's and St Edmund's Catholic Academy Primary
- St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood Primary
- Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood Secondary
- Fleetwood High School Secondary
- Rossall School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Larkholme Primary School teach?
- Larkholme Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Fleetwood.
- Who is the headteacher of Larkholme Primary School?
- The headteacher of Larkholme Primary School is Ms Claire Gilmour, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Larkholme Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Larkholme 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 Larkholme Primary School?
- Larkholme Primary School has 276 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Larkholme Primary School full?
- Larkholme Primary School has capacity for 315 pupils and 276 on roll (88%), 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 Larkholme Primary School a faith school?
- No. Larkholme Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Larkholme Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Larkholme Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Larkholme Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% 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 Larkholme Primary School rank locally?
- Larkholme Primary School ranked 229th 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 56% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Larkholme Primary School's absence rate?
- Larkholme Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Larkholme Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Larkholme 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.