Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School
Chaucer Road, Fleetwood, FY7 6QN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Murphy
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Blackpool North and Fleetwood
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 239
- URN
- 119343
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01253873795
About this school
Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School is a community primary school in Fleetwood. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 239 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Fleetwood Chaucer 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
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
- Good
- 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 | 27 | 43 | 42 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 41% | 53% | 21% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 56% | 67% | 55% |
| Expected standard in maths | 59% | 63% | 48% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 56% | 65% | 48% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.00 | - | - |
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 Fleetwood Chaucer 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 | 41% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 21% | 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 | 9.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 268 |
| 2023/24 | 261 |
| 2024/25 | 267 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School compares
Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School ranked 434th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 5% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 21% | 8.7% | 71% | 239 | — |
| St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood | — | 7.5% | 54.8% | 133 | 0.2 miles |
| Shakespeare Primary School | 73% | 5% | 33.5% | 418 | 0.5 miles |
| St Wulstan's and St Edmund's Catholic Academy | 18% | 6.8% | 41.8% | 203 | 0.6 miles |
| Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School | 37% | 7.1% | 55.5% | 421 | 1.0 miles |
| Charles Saer Community Primary School | 28% | 8% | 53.8% | 270 | 1.1 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)
- 71.02%
- English as an additional language
- 12%
- Overall absence
- 8.66%
- Persistent absence
- 30.47%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood0.2 miles
Primary · Fleetwood
-
Shakespeare Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Fleetwood
-
St Wulstan's and St Edmund's Catholic Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Fleetwood
-
Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Fleetwood
-
Charles Saer Community Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Fleetwood
Other schools in Fleetwood
Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School ranks 5th of the 6 ranked primary schools in Fleetwood.
- Charles Saer Community Primary School Primary
- Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School Primary
- Larkholme 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 ages does Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School teach?
- Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Fleetwood.
- Who is the headteacher of Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School is Mrs Claire Murphy, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Fleetwood Chaucer 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 Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School?
- Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School has 239 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School full?
- Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School has capacity for 315 pupils and 239 on roll (76%), 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 Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 41% in 2022/23 and 21% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School compare with other schools in Lancashire?
- Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School ranked 434th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 5% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 8.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Fleetwood Chaucer 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 6 July 2026.