Schools in postcode district LA1. Add your full home postcode below for distance filtering and a your neighbourhood comparison with the wider LA1 area.
📍Covers: Bowerham, Bulk, Castle, John O'gaunt, Lancaster, Marsh, Newlands, Scale Hall, Skerton, and St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
Add your home postcode in the green box below. Until then, distances use the centre of LA1. The list starts at 3 miles — you can change that. Not an official school catchment.
📊 Neighbourhood & area context
Three levels help you compare places: your neighbourhood (your full postcode), postcode district LA1 (schools and local averages on this page), and Lancaster (wider council census and crime — background only, not your street). We only show rows we actually hold.
Add your full home postcode in the green box above to see how your street compares with postcode district LA1 and Lancaster.
District area rating (LA1)★★★☆☆Above average
Postcode district LA1
Schools and figures for this postcode district — the same LA1 bucket as the map and school list (before your distance filter).
Schools in district
21 (12 primary, 5 secondary)
Average attendance
95.6%
Average free school meals
30.2%
Average SEN
25.5%
Average EAL
15.8%
Deprivation around local schools
Slightly more deprived than average for England
Average house price
£200,827 (+2.3% year on year)
Flood risk
Low
Broadband
Gigabit available (87%+ premises, 300+ Mbps)
Green space
Good – parks and playing fields within walking distance
Council tax
Typical band B
Wider area: Lancaster
Census and crime for Lancaster (local council within Lancashire). Useful context for the borough or council — not broken down to your village or street.
Population
142,932
Households
57,215
Aged under 18
18.3%
Aged 16–64 (approx.)
61.2%
Aged 65+
20.5%
Ethnicity
White 93%, Asian 4%, Mixed 2%
Crimes (estimated)
18,367
Crimes per 1,000 (estimated)
128.5
About these figures: School data mostly from 2024–25. Wider-area lines use Census 2021 for Lancaster. Crime figures are rough estimates, not police records for your postcode.
📍Map of schools in this area
The map shows 21 schools in postcode district LA1. Numbered circles group nearby schools — click to zoom in. Use the list beside the map, a pin, or Show on map on a school card below.
📏How far from the LA1 centre?
Pick a radius to control which schools appear in the list below. Only schools whose postcode is in LA1 are included — we measure the straight-line distance from LA1 centre. Add your home postcode above to search by distance from your address across nearby districts.
🎯 Show schools within:
3 miles is selected by default. Add your home postcode at the top to measure from your address instead of the district centre. Try 1 mile or 1.5 miles for a shorter list, 3 miles for a wider search, or All in district for every LA1 school regardless of distance. Straight-line distance only — not walking, driving, or an official catchment area.
Schools (within 3 miles of LA1 centre)
Sorted by distance from LA1 centre, nearest first. Use the buttons above to change how far out we look, or show the whole of LA1. Each card shows straight-line miles, Ofsted rating and key statistics.
A short key for the statistics shown on this page for LA1. We have not listed house prices, broadband, green space or similar extras here unless they appear in the neighbourhood and area context section.
School listings
What you see on each school card
Only fields that appear on at least one school on this page are listed. Hover a stat row when you see a question mark for a one-line reminder.
School type
How the school is run — for example academy, council-maintained, voluntary aided or free school.
Trust
The multi-academy trust or sponsor running the school, where it is an academy.
Age range
Year groups on roll — for example 4–11 for primary, or 11–18 with sixth form.
Ofsted
Latest published inspection grade, inspection date where we have it, and a link to the school’s page on the Ofsted reports site.
Straight-line miles
Distance as the crow flies from your home postcode when you have entered one, otherwise from the middle of this district. Not walking or driving time.
Walking, cycling and park-and-stride hints
Rough bands from straight-line miles: about 1 mile or less may suit walking; about 1–2.5 miles we show cycling and park-and-stride; over about 2.5 miles park-and-stride only. Not checked routes or journey times.
Pupils
Number of pupils on roll from published school census data.
Free school meals
Share of pupils eligible for free school meals.
SEN
Share of pupils with SEN support or an Education, Health and Care plan.
English as an additional language (EAL)
Share of pupils whose first language is not English, where recorded.
Attendance
Share of possible sessions attended. Higher is better.
Persistent absence
Share of pupils missing 10% or more of sessions. Lower is better.
Admissions pressure
Indicative label from recent applications versus places — oversubscribed, about average or often has spaces.
Attainment
Primary: share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (Key Stage 2). Secondary: Progress 8. A dash means nothing was published for that school.
Attainment vs local
Compares each school’s headline to others of the same phase on this page — above, below or about average for the district.
Area overview
What you see in the area overview
Matches the two blocks above — postcode district first, then the wider council area.
Area rating (stars)
A simple 1–5 guide from deprivation around schools here — not Ofsted grades. Recorded crime can nudge the score when we have it; estimates do not.
Schools in district
How many schools are in this postcode district, split by primary and secondary.
Average attendance
Mean attendance across schools here with published absence data.
Average free school meals
Mean free school meals eligibility across schools here with published data.
Average SEN
Mean SEN percentage across schools here with published data.
Average EAL
Mean English as an additional language percentage where published.
Deprivation
How deprived neighbourhoods around schools here are compared with England (official deprivation index, shown as bands 1–10 where 1 is most deprived and 10 is least deprived).
Average house price
Typical sold prices for this postcode district where we have them — street-by-street prices vary.
Flood risk
Indicative summary — check Environment Agency maps for a specific address.
Broadband
General picture of speeds and availability — check with providers at your address.
Green space
Brief summary of access to parks or countryside nearby.
Council tax
Typical band for the area — your exact band depends on the property.
Your home neighbourhood
When you enter your full home postcode, we compare deprivation for your small area with the typical area around schools in this district.
Population, households, ethnicity and age
Census figures for the local council area — not your street or this postcode district alone.
Crime figures
Often a rough council-wide estimate, not police records for your postcode. Badges compare to the national average when we have recorded data.
Using this page
Using this page
Tools on this page for narrowing schools and understanding distances.
Distance filter
Controls which schools appear in the list — 1, 1.5, 2 or 3 miles, or every school in this district. Not an admissions catchment.
About these figures
School and Ofsted data from official releases. The area overview splits postcode-district figures from wider council context, with dates at the bottom of that panel.
