SCHOOL PROFILE
Maharishi Free School: data, trends and context
Maharishi Free School is a all-through school in Lancashire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.
School identity
URN
137498
Phase
All-through
Establishment type
Free schools
Status
Open
Local authority
Lancashire
Region
North West
Trust
MAHARISHI SCHOOL TRUST LTD
Postcode
L40 6JJ
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website
Pupil and community context
Pupils on roll
229
FSM eligible
19.7%
EAL / First language other than English
1.7%
SEND (total)
21.0%
SEN Support
18.3%
EHCP
2.6%
White British
88.2%
Attendance and absence (2024/25)
Attendance rate
89.3%
Overall absence
10.7%
Persistent absence
33.6%
Severe absence
5.2%
Current benchmarks
No current DfE attendance benchmark is published for this school’s phase and local authority, so no comparison is shown.
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
Suspension rate
4.5%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
3.6%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%
Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)
Attainment 8
54.1
English & maths grade 5+
55.0%
English & maths grade 4+
80.0%
Historical trends
Historical trends
School trends over time
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Data sources and last updated
- Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
- Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
- Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
- For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
- Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.
Contextual comparison
See Maharishi Free School against 25 similar schools
Maharishi Free School is a all-through school in Lancashire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.