Caton Primary School

State-Funded School

caton-primary-school-lancashire-north-west

North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

Morecambe and LunesdaleConstituency

LA2 9NHPostcode

7.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Caton Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Lancashire, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 81 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 72%
Higher standard: 11%
Reading score: 108
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

91%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

58%Boys

42%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

21%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 81
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 4 February 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
11 Jun 2019	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.