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Deepdale Community Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 696Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 119228URN

St Stephens Road, Deepdale, Preston, PR1 6TD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

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

132 applications for 75 places · 338th of 366 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
62%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 3 February 2026Published 24 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • 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 February 2026
    Report card · 7 Expected standard
  2. 13 October 2021
    Graded inspection: 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)

132 applications · 75 places offered · 66 named it first

  1. 2026 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 1.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 1.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 1.1; Lancashire median median 2.7
  8. 2019 1.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  9. 2018 1.5; Lancashire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.5
  11. 2016 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
  12. 2015 1.5; Lancashire median median 2.5
  13. 2014 1.6; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026751321.8660.88
Sep 2025771311.7680.88
Sep 2024881491.7780.89
Sep 2023741131.5640.86
Sep 202254901.7470.87
Sep 202157841.5520.91
Sep 202090991.1530.59
Sep 2019851041.2660.78
Sep 2018861261.5580.67
Sep 2017641111.7480.75
Sep 2016901561.7901.00
Sep 2015891341.5680.76
Sep 2014901461.6830.92

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 70% · Writing 73% · Maths 75% → all three 62% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard62%235th of 444 in Lancashire
Reading
Expected standard70%
Higher standard22%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard73%
Greater depth6%
Maths
Expected standard75%
Higher standard21%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2562%3%103104
2023/2469%5%104106
2022/2356%2%103105

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
119228 · 888/2187
Capacity
682 pupils · 696 on roll
Free school meals
27.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Replaced
Deepdale Junior School (URN 119227)
Address
St Stephens Road, Deepdale, Preston, PR1 6TD
Local authority
Lancashire · Preston

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