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Preston Grange Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 183Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 119232URN

Grange Avenue, Ribbleton, Preston, PR2 6PS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.5 below Lancashire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire

40 applications for 19 places · 286th of 366 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
48%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 19 May 2026Published 28 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
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. 19 May 2026
    Report card · 5 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
  2. 30 March 2022
    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
2.1applications per place, Reception
0.5 below Lancashire median (2.6) close to England median (2.2)

40 applications · 19 places offered · 19 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 3.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.7
  8. 2019 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
  9. 2018 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.5
  11. 2016 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
  12. 2015 1.4; Lancashire median median 2.5
  13. 2014 1.5; Lancashire median median 2.4
  • 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 202619402.1191.00
Sep 202510373.7101.00
Sep 202421512.4211.00
Sep 202314453.2130.93
Sep 202222432.0190.86
Sep 202125532.1240.96
Sep 202030571.9200.67
Sep 201921552.6190.90
Sep 201822522.4200.91
Sep 201723562.4231.00
Sep 201621341.6150.71
Sep 201525341.4190.76
Sep 201425381.5140.56

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 59% · Writing 66% · Maths 59% → all three 48% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard48%348th of 444 in Lancashire
Reading
Expected standard59%
Higher standard14%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard66%
Greater depth10%
Maths
Expected standard59%
Higher standard21%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2548%7%102102
2023/2450%10%101104
2022/2359%0%104103

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
119232 · 888/2191
Capacity
210 pupils · 183 on roll
Free school meals
53.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Grange Avenue, Ribbleton, Preston, PR2 6PS
Local authority
Lancashire · Preston

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