Bowerham Primary & Nursery School
Primary schoolBowerham Primary & Nursery School is a primary school in Lancaster, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 498 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 20 January 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 60% of pupils at Bowerham Primary & Nursery School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Lancashire and 62% in England.
12% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 12% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, LancasterPrimary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)670 m
- Ripley St Thomas Church of England AcademySecondary. Outstanding (overall), December 2022. Attainment 8 of 49.1 (2025/26, provisional)700 m
- Lancaster Royal Grammar SchoolSecondary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 71.6 (2025/26, provisional)740 m
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, LancasterPrimary. Outstanding (overall), May 2024. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)920 m
- Lancaster Girls' Grammar SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), September 2022. Attainment 8 of 72.1 (2025/26, provisional)940 m
- Jamea Al KautharIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file950 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Lancaster
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).