Lancasterian School

State-Funded School

lancasterian-school-manchester-north-west

North WestRegion

ManchesterLocal Authority

Manchester WithingtonConstituency

M20 2XAPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Lancasterian School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–16, located in Manchester, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 196 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

31%

Asian

23%

Black

13%

Mixed

20%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

196

Total Pupils

65%Boys

35%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

69%

England average

27%

First language not English

39%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 196
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least 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 27 November 2024. 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 Sept 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.