# Morecambe and Heysham Sandylands Community Primary School

Morecambe and Heysham Sandylands Community Primary School is a primary school in Lancaster, for pupils aged 2 to 11.

It had 428 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E119138. [Lancaster](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 2 to 11
- Pupils: 428
- Council: Lancaster
- URN: 119138

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, January 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 6 January 2023
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 60% of pupils at Morecambe and Heysham Sandylands Community Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Lancashire and 62% in England.
2% 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 | 2% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Bay Leadership Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bay-leadership-academy-e144646): 350 m. Secondary. Good (overall), October 2022. Attainment 8 of 37.0 (2025/26, provisional)
- [West End Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/west-end-primary-school-e119139): 490 m. Primary. Good (overall), November 2022. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Mossgate Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mossgate-primary-school-e130262): 1.2 km. Primary. School remains Good, March 2024. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Patrick's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-patricks-catholic-primary-school-e119583): 1.3 km. Primary. School remains Good, March 2023. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/morecambe-and-heysham-westgate-primary-school-e119347): 1.4 km. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), May 2024. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Morecambe Bay Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/morecambe-bay-community-primary-school-e119135): 1.9 km. Primary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 30% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/119138)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/119138)

## How to cite

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