Stepping Stones School
Pupil referral unit · Ages 5–11 · Lancaster, Lancashire
Stepping Stones School is a pupil referral unit in Lancaster, Lancashire for ages 5–11. Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 12 February 2025.
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Key facts
- Address
- Bowerham Road, Lancaster, LA1 4HT
- Type
- Pupil referral unit
- Ages
- 5–11
- 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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