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Fulwood and Cadley Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 320Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 119151URN

Cadley Causeway, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 3QT · School website

This school is due to be replaced by Fulwood and Cadley Primary School.

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Special measures

Safeguarding standards not met

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.4per place
0.9 above Lancashire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire

154 applications for 45 places · 48th of 366 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
41%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Special measures

Safeguarding: standards not met at the latest report card inspection

Report card · inspected 3 March 2026Published 13 May 2026 · safeguarding standards not met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionUrgent improvement
Curriculum and teachingUrgent improvement
AchievementUrgent improvement
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Early yearsNeeds attention
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceUrgent improvement
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 3 March 2026
    Report card · 3 Needs attention, 4 Urgent improvement
  2. 20 January 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
3.4applications per place, Reception
0.9 above Lancashire median (2.6) 1.2 above England median (2.2)

154 applications · 45 places offered · 36 named it first

  1. 2026 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 3.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 3.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
  8. 2019 3.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
  9. 2018 4.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 3.9; Lancashire median median 2.5
  11. 2016 4.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  12. 2015 4.6; Lancashire median median 2.5
  13. 2014 4.5; Lancashire median median 2.4
More applications per place than the Lancashire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Lancashire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026451543.4360.80
Sep 2025431403.3290.67
Sep 2024451593.5400.89
Sep 2023451393.1360.80
Sep 2022451202.7320.71
Sep 2021451633.6340.76
Sep 2020461563.4420.91
Sep 2019451733.8481.07
Sep 2018451984.4430.96
Sep 2017451743.9370.82
Sep 2016451894.2531.18
Sep 2015452064.6451.00
Sep 2014452014.5531.18

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 70% · Writing 57% · Maths 63% → all three 41% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard41%386th of 444 in Lancashire
Reading
Expected standard70%
Higher standard28%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard57%
Greater depth4%
Maths
Expected standard63%
Higher standard24%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2541%4%104103
2023/2449%4%101102
2022/2349%11%105104

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
119151 · 888/2050
Capacity
315 pupils · 320 on roll
Free school meals
23.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Cadley Causeway, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 3QT
Local authority
Lancashire · Preston

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources