Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School
About Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School
Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School holds a Good rating from Ofsted following its most recent inspection in 2023, and within that assessment one area stood out: behaviour and attitudes were judged Outstanding. That judgement aligns with the school’s core academic story, which is one of solid, if not spectacular, performance at Key Stage 2. In the 2023/24 assessments, 59% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That figure sits just a whisker below the Lancashire local authority average of 60%, placing Trumacar 28th out of 46 primary schools in the Lancaster district. The school’s national ranking places it in the bottom half of all primaries, but the picture is more nuanced than a single rank suggests. In maths, 79% of pupils hit the expected level and the average scaled score was 103, while reading and writing both saw 71% reaching the expected standard. Higher attainment was less common: only 2% of pupils achieved the higher standard across all three subjects.
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- Attendance & behaviour dataPersistent absentees, suspensions and exclusions vs national
Ofsted Inspection Breakdown
4 May 2023Source: Ofsted, 2 Jul 2023. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.
SEND Support
Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.
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