Bowerham Primary & Nursery School
Community school in Lancaster, Lancashire.
School details
| Phase | Primary |
|---|---|
| Type | Community school |
| Age range | 2 to 11 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| Pupils on roll | 498 (school census 15-01-2026) |
| Capacity | 532 |
| Free school meals | 14.80% |
| Local authority | Lancashire |
| Address | Bowerham Road, Bowerham, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 4BS |
| Map | View on Google Maps |
| Website | www.bowerham.lancs.sch.uk |
| Telephone | 0152463999 |
| URN | 119129 |
Ofsted inspection
Latest full inspection: report card inspection under Ofsted's renewed framework (in use since November 2025), started 20 January 2026, published 19 March 2026. Report cards grade each area separately; there is no single overall grade.
| Safeguarding standards | 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 |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Earlier graded inspection under the previous framework (Education Inspection Framework), started 21 September 2021, published 7 January 2022:
| Overall effectiveness | Good |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
Read the Ofsted reports for this school
Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall effectiveness grades in September 2024 and introduced report cards from November 2025. Older grades are shown with their dates and may not reflect the school today.
Nearby schools
- The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster (primary school, about 0.7 km)
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, Lancaster (primary school, about 0.9 km)
- Scotforth St Paul's Church of England Primary and Nursery School (primary school, about 1.0 km)
- Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School (primary school, about 1.0 km)
- Moorside Primary School (primary school, about 1.0 km)
- Lancaster Christ Church Church of England Primary School (primary school, about 1.1 km)
- Castle View Primary Academy (primary school, about 1.5 km)
- Willow Lane Community Primary School (primary school, about 1.8 km)
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. School data: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (downloaded 11 October 2026). Inspection data: Ofsted, state-funded schools inspections and outcomes management information (as at 31 August 2026). Last updated 2026-10-11.