1Bowerham Primary & Nursery School
Lancashire · ages 2 to 11 · URN119129
498 pupils / 479 at Newlands Spring Primary and Nursery School2025/26 · Academic year
Add to comparison- Free school meals: 0.3 percentage points lower
- First language other than English: 1 percentage point higher
- SEND: 3.42 percentage points higher
- 19 more pupils
Sources, Ofsted & match details
- Report card inspection · inspected 20 January 2026 · published 19 March 2026 · monthly file dated 30 September 2026
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
- Graded inspection (previous framework) · inspected 21 September 2021 · published 7 January 2022 · monthly file dated 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good; Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good; Safeguarding is effective: Yes; Early years: Outstanding
Matching score and calculation
Score 0.0145. A lower score means more similar pupil context. It is not a school rating or a percentage.
- FSM eligible (current eligibility): difference 0.3 percentage points; weight 45%; contribution 0.00135.
- First language other than English: difference 1 percentage points; weight 25%; contribution 0.00250.
- SEN support and EHC plans (derived percentage): difference 3.42 percentage points; weight 20%; contribution 0.00683.
- Total pupils: difference 19 pupils; weight 10%; contribution 0.00382.
- region: no matching bonus; contribution 0.00000.
- faith: no matching bonus; contribution 0.00000.
- governance: no matching bonus; contribution 0.00000.