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Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School

Lancaster, LA1 1LDPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Jun 2022
KS2 Results
59%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
1.0×
Not oversubscribed
39 1st-choice / 39 places
Ranking
#8,285
of 13,686 nationally

About Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School

Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School is a state-funded, mixed primary school in the Lancashire local authority, serving children aged 4 to 11. It sits within a competitive local landscape: among 46 primary schools in the Lancaster area, it ranks 29th, placing it in the bottom half of its immediate peers. The top-performing schools in the same local authority include Crawford Village Primary School, New Longton All Saints CofE Primary School, and St George's Church of England Primary School, Chorley, all of which achieve higher ranking scores. The nearest school rated Outstanding by Ofsted is St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, Lancaster, located just 1. 9 kilometres away. With 387 pupils on roll against a capacity of 420, the school is operating close to full, and 16. 5 per cent of its pupils are eligible for free school meals, a figure that gives some indication of the socioeconomic mix of the intake.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressHigh Street, Lancaster, Lancaster, LA1 1LD
HeadteacherAdam Newton
Local AuthorityLancashire
Number of Pupils387
Free School Meals (FSM)16.5%
School Capacity387 / 420 (92% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

21 Jun 2022
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Quality of Education
Good
Behaviour & Attitudes
Good
Personal Development
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

Source: Ofsted, 3 Aug 2022. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

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AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageHearingPhysicalLearning Difficulty

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

Verified

Teaching hours

08:50 – 15:20

Breakfast club

07:30-08:40

Source: dallasroad.lancs.sch.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.