Community school · Lancashire

Lea Community Primary School

4–11Ages
290Pupils
PrimaryPhase
119155URN

Greavestown Lane, Lea, Preston, PR2 1PD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.8per place

0.8 below Lancashire median (2.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire

98 applications for 56 places · 339th of 366 in Lancashire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

60%met the expected standard

Lancashire 63% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 11 March 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

11 March 2025
Graded inspection, no overall grade
5 March 2020
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

1.8applications per place, Reception

0.8 below Lancashire median (2.6) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

98 applications · 56 places offered · 33 named it first

2026 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
2025 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.7
2024 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
2023 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
2022 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.5
2021 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
2020 1.5; Lancashire median median 2.7
2019 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
2018 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.7
2017 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.5
2016 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
2015 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.5
2014 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.4

More applications per place than the Lancashire median in 0 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	56	98	1.8	33	0.59
Sep 2025	49	90	1.8	36	0.73
Sep 2024	47	87	1.9	43	0.91
Sep 2023	31	70	2.3	20	0.65
Sep 2022	30	71	2.4	28	0.93
Sep 2021	30	79	2.6	26	0.87
Sep 2020	50	73	1.5	24	0.48
Sep 2019	30	70	2.3	24	0.80
Sep 2018	30	64	2.1	28	0.93
Sep 2017	30	69	2.3	27	0.90
Sep 2016	30	60	2.0	27	0.90
Sep 2015	27	55	2.0	19	0.70
Sep 2014	30	64	2.1	21	0.70

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 74% · Writing 69% · Maths 74% → all three 60% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard60%246th of 444 in Lancashire

Lancashire 63% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard74%

Lancashire 77% England 78%

Higher standard34%

Lancashire 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard69%

Lancashire 74% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Lancashire 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard74%

Lancashire 76% England 77%

Higher standard14%

Lancashire 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Lancashire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	60%	0%	106	104
2023/24	52%	0%	104	101
2022/23	40%	0%	101	102

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

Lea Community Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.8applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
St Bernard's Catholic Primary School, Preston
0.6 km · Lancashire

2026

1.8applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
Ashton Primary School
0.6 km · Lancashire

2026

2.3applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
Ashton-on-Ribble St Andrew's Church of England Primary School
1.4 km · Lancashire

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.5applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Ingol Community Primary School
1.8 km · Lancashire

2026

2.1applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
Cottam Primary School
1.8 km · Lancashire

Graded · no overall grade2024

3.1applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Ingol, Preston
1.9 km · Lancashire

Good2023

2.2applications per place
Lea Neeld's Endowed Church of England Primary School
2.0 km · Lancashire

Graded · no overall grade2024

5.4applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Preston
2.1 km · Lancashire

Good2023

2.4applications per place 47%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
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Urgent improvement
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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: 119155 · 888/2054
Capacity: 300 pupils · 290 on roll
Free school meals: 36.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: Greavestown Lane, Lea, Preston, PR2 1PD
Local authority: Lancashire · Preston

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