Wray with Botton Endowed Primary School

About Wray with Botton Endowed Primary School

Wray with Botton Endowed Primary School holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained across both its most recent graded inspection in 2015 and an ungraded inspection in 2025 where inspectors confirmed standards were being maintained. But the real story here is in the numbers. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 89% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with a Lancashire local authority average of just 60%. That puts the school second out of 46 primary schools in the Lancaster area, and in the top 5% nationally. The school’s ranking score of 89 reflects strong performance across the board, with 100% of pupils meeting the expected standard in maths and 89% doing so in both reading and writing. At the higher standard, a third of pupils achieved that level across all three subjects, with maths and reading both hitting 67% at the higher threshold.

Digging deeper into the exam data, the average scaled scores tell a similarly strong story. Pupils achieved an average maths score of 111 and a reading score of 110, both comfortably above the national benchmark of 100. While the school does not publish progress scores for reading, writing or maths, the attainment figures alone suggest pupils are arriving at Year 6 well prepared. The school’s small size — just 62 pupils on roll against a capacity of 52 — means these results come from a very small cohort, so individual variation can have a big impact, but the consistency across subjects is striking. Ofsted’s breakdown from the 2015 graded inspection rated leadership and management, early years provision and overall effectiveness all as Good, with no areas requiring improvement. The parent view, collected between September 2024 and September 2025, shows 100% of respondents would recommend the school, with 88% strongly agreeing their child feels safe.

The school is heavily oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 21 applications for just 7 places, with 10 first-preference applications for those spots. That gives an oversubscription ratio of 3 to 1, so early application is essential. Facilities include a library, playing fields, gymnasium, dining hall, forest school, art studios and a chapel, and the school offers clubs in drama, science, choir and film club, plus sports including tennis, athletics, swimming and gymnastics. SEND provision covers a wide range of needs, including specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulty, social and emotional mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, hearing impairment and autistic spectrum disorder. With a Christian religious character and a headteacher who has been in post long enough to see the school through two positive Ofsted inspections, this is a small village primary that punches well above its weight academically — ideal for families who prioritise strong core outcomes in a tight-knit setting.

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