Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School
Clarendon Road North, St Anne's, Lytham St Annes, FY8 3EE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Mrs Elizabeth Hodgson
- Diocese
- Diocese of Blackburn
- Constituency
- Fylde
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 575
- URN
- 119693
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01253722014
About this school
Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School is a Church of England voluntary aided primary school in Lytham St Annes. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 575 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. 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 | 91 | 89 | 89 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 69% | 73% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 4% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 73% | 81% | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 74% | 82% | 90% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% | 84% | 88% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 104.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.00 | - | - |
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 Heyhouses Endowed Church of England 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 | 56% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 73% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 606 |
| 2023/24 | 612 |
| 2024/25 | 596 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School compares
Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School ranked 106th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 73% | 4.7% | 18.3% | 575 | — |
| Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.4 miles |
| Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School | 75% | 4% | 37.5% | 239 | 0.5 miles |
| St Annes on Sea St Thomas' Church of England Primary School | 70% | 5.7% | 26.6% | 184 | 0.6 miles |
| Clifton Primary School | 53% | 5.2% | 11.9% | 214 | 0.9 miles |
| Ansdell Primary School | 77% | 2.9% | 10.4% | 220 | 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)
- 18.29%
- English as an additional language
- 6.9%
- Overall absence
- 4.71%
- Persistent absence
- 11.47%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Lytham St Annes
-
Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Lytham St Annes
-
St Annes on Sea St Thomas' Church of England Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Lytham St Annes
-
Clifton Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Lytham St Annes
-
Ansdell Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Lytham St Annes
Other schools in Lytham St Annes
Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School ranks 4th of the 6 ranked primary schools in Lytham St Annes.
- Ansdell Primary School Primary
- Clifton Primary School Primary
- Lytham Hall Park Primary School Primary
- Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School Primary
- Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Annes on Sea St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham Primary
- St Bede's Catholic High School, Lytham Secondary
- Red Rose School Special schools
- AKS Lytham Independent schools
- St Anne's College Grammar School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School teach?
- Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Lytham St Annes.
- Who is the headteacher of Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School?
- The headteacher of Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School is Mrs Elizabeth Hodgson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Heyhouses Endowed Church of England 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 Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School?
- Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School has 575 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School full?
- Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School has capacity for 630 pupils and 575 on roll (91%), 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 Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School a faith school?
- Yes. Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School is designated Church of England, in the Diocese of Blackburn.
- Does Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 56% in 2022/23 and 73% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School rank locally?
- Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School ranked 106th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School's absence rate?
- Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Heyhouses Endowed Church of England 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.