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Holme Slack Community Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 199Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 119234URN

Manor House Lane, Preston, PR1 6HP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.4per place
1.1 below Lancashire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire

34 applications for 24 places · 361st of 366 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
52%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 13 January 2026Published 1 March 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. 13 January 2026
    Report card · 5 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
  2. 9 July 2021
    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
1.4applications per place, Reception
1.1 below Lancashire median (2.6) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

34 applications · 24 places offered · 20 named it first

  1. 2026 1.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 1.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
  8. 2019 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
  9. 2018 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.5
  11. 2016 1.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
  12. 2015 1.1; Lancashire median median 2.5
  13. 2014 1.1; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202624341.4200.83
Sep 202518442.4150.83
Sep 202422452.1180.82
Sep 202321442.1180.86
Sep 202228541.9250.89
Sep 202129341.2160.55
Sep 202030602.0260.87
Sep 201927431.6240.89
Sep 201825421.7130.52
Sep 201727471.7230.85
Sep 201625381.5120.48
Sep 201529331.1160.55
Sep 201430341.1100.33

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 68% · Writing 61% · Maths 74% → all three 52% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard52%321st of 444 in Lancashire
Reading
Expected standard68%
Higher standard29%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard61%
Greater depth13%
Maths
Expected standard74%
Higher standard6%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2552%6%106104
2023/2439%6%101105
2022/2357%7%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
119234 · 888/2193
Capacity
210 pupils · 199 on roll
Free school meals
53.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Address
Manor House Lane, Preston, PR1 6HP
Local authority
Lancashire · Preston

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