Stepping Stones School
Other · Pupil referral unit · Ages 5–11 · Lancaster, Lancashire
Stepping Stones School is an other school in Lancaster, Lancashire for ages 5–11 (pupil referral unit). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 12 February 2025.
Key facts
- Address
- Bowerham Road, Lancaster, LA1 4HT
- Type
- Pupil referral unit
- Phase
- Other
- Ages
- 5–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Lancashire
- Pupils on roll
- 22 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 95.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 12 February 2025
Strengths
- “Warm and caring relationships with staff underpin pupils’ experiences at this school.”
- “Pupils understand that staff have their best interests at heart.”
- “The school’s values of respect, kindness, trust and tolerance are threaded through everything that it does.”
To improve
- “However, at times, some staff do not check well enough if pupils have understood this learning or whether there are any misconceptions.”
- “This means that some pupils struggle to build knowledge over time because of gaps in their learning.”
- “Nevertheless, reading remains a barrier to some pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Straight-line distance, in Lancashire.
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