Lancaster University School of Mathematics
- 16 to 19
- Free schools 16 to 19
- Ages 16 to 19
URN 149099 · Lancashire · THE RIGBY EDUCATION TRUST
Suspensions and permanent exclusions
Against Lancashire and England, secondary schools.
Suspensions per 100 pupils
2024/250.00
- Lancashire
- 21.64
- England
- 21.24
21.24 lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | Not published | 8.59 | 10.13 |
| 2018/19 | Not published | 10.47 | 10.75 |
| 2019/20 | Not published | 6.41 | 7.43 |
| 2020/21 | Not published | 8.58 | 8.48 |
| 2021/22 | Not published | 15.07 | 13.96 |
| 2022/23 | 0.00 | 19.80 | 18.90 |
| 2023/24 | 0.00 | 21.15 | 22.61 |
| 2024/25 | 0.00 | 21.64 | 21.24 |
Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.
Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
2024/250.00
- Lancashire
- 0.53
- England
- 0.23
0.23 lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | Not published | 0.42 | 0.20 |
| 2018/19 | Not published | 0.44 | 0.20 |
| 2019/20 | Not published | 0.20 | 0.13 |
| 2020/21 | Not published | 0.19 | 0.10 |
| 2021/22 | Not published | 0.30 | 0.16 |
| 2022/23 | 0.00 | 0.54 | 0.22 |
| 2023/24 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.25 |
| 2024/25 | 0.00 | 0.53 | 0.23 |
Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.
Pupils
Against Lancashire and England, secondary schools.
Eligible for free school meals
2024/2512.6%
- Lancashire
- 24.9%
- England
- 25.8%
13.2 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 20.5% | 20.9% |
| 2022/23 | 2.6% | 22.2% | 22.7% |
| 2023/24 | 16.9% | 23.5% | 24.1% |
| 2024/25 | 12.6% | 24.9% | 25.8% |
Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
SEN support
2024/250.0%
- Lancashire
- 12.7%
- England
- 13.4%
13.4 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 10.6% | 11.9% |
| 2022/23 | 10.5% | 11.4% | 12.4% |
| 2023/24 | 3.4% | 11.7% | 12.9% |
| 2024/25 | 0.0% | 12.7% | 13.4% |
Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
Education, health and care plan
2024/251.9%
- Lancashire
- 2.4%
- England
- 3.1%
1.2 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 1.5% | 2.2% |
| 2022/23 | 0.0% | 1.8% | 2.4% |
| 2023/24 | 0.0% | 2.1% | 2.7% |
| 2024/25 | 1.9% | 2.4% | 3.1% |
Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
First language other than English
2024/250.0%
- Lancashire
- 12.3%
- England
- 19.2%
19.2 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 9.9% | 17.5% |
| 2022/23 | 5.3% | 10.6% | 18.1% |
| 2023/24 | 2.2% | 11.4% | 18.6% |
| 2024/25 | 0.0% | 12.3% | 19.2% |
Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
Teachers
Against Lancashire and England, secondary schools.
Pupils per qualified teacher
2025/2619.5
- Lancashire
- 17.0
- England
- 17.3
2.2 higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | Not published | 16.5 | 16.5 |
| 2018/19 | Not published | 16.6 | 16.8 |
| 2019/20 | Not published | 16.9 | 17.2 |
| 2020/21 | Not published | 16.9 | 17.1 |
| 2021/22 | Not published | 16.8 | 17.1 |
| 2022/23 | 12.7 | 16.7 | 17.2 |
| 2023/24 | 13.1 | 16.9 | 17.4 |
| 2024/25 | 16.1 | 17.0 | 17.3 |
| 2025/26 | 19.5 | 17.0 | 17.3 |
Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.
Teacher sickness absence
2024/250.4 days
- Lancashire
- 5.9 days
- England
- 5.0 days
4.6 days lower than England.
Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.
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| Year | This school | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | Not published | 4.4 days | 4.0 days |
| 2018/19 | Not published | 4.2 days | 4.0 days |
| 2019/20 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| 2020/21 | Not published | 4.0 days | 3.9 days |
| 2021/22 | Not published | 6.7 days | 6.3 days |
| 2022/23 | 0.3 days | 6.2 days | 5.2 days |
| 2023/24 | 0.4 days | 6.0 days | 5.3 days |
| 2024/25 | 0.4 days | 5.9 days | 5.0 days |
Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.
Finance
Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.
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About the school
- Pupils on roll
- 125
- Capacity
- 260
- Type
- Free schools 16 to 19
- Phase
- 16 plus
- Age range
- 16 to 19
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE RIGBY EDUCATION TRUST
- Opened
- 1 September 2022
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Constituency
- Preston
- Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
- Decile 2 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)
Sources and corrections
Every figure on this page names its source and period. This release was built on 20 October 2026.
- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools: establishment data (GIAS establishment extract 2026-10-20)
- Ofsted: State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (Latest inspections as at 2026-09-30; All inspections, 2018/19; All inspections, 2019/20; All inspections, 2020/21; All inspections, 2021/22; All inspections, 2022/23; All inspections, 2023/24; All inspections, 2024/25; All inspections, 2025/26)
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Pupil absence in schools in England (absence-3term-school, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England (exc-school, 2006/07 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-ap-school, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-geography, 2006/07 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-ap-geography, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Key stage 2 attainment (ks2-school, 2022/23 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; ks2-geography, 2015/16 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Key stage 4 performance (ks4-school, 2023/24 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; ks4-geography, 2018/19 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Schools, pupils and their characteristics (School census, January 2022 (performance tables, 2021 to 2022); School census, January 2023 (performance tables, 2022 to 2023); School census, January 2024 (performance tables, 2023 to 2024); School census, January 2025 (performance tables, 2024 to 2025))
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: School workforce in England (ptr-school, 2010/11 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; ptr-geography, 2010/11 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; sickness-school, 2009/10 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; sickness-geography, 2009/10 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English indices of deprivation 2025: Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (English indices of deprivation 2025, File 7 (2021 LSOAs))
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