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Ribbleton Avenue Infant School

  • 3–7Ages
  • 244Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 119235URN

Ribbleton Avenue, Preston, PR1 5RU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2024 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
2.3per place
0.3 below Lancashire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire

131 applications for 58 places · 254th of 366 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 29 October 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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
2.3applications per place, Reception
0.3 below Lancashire median (2.6) close to England median (2.2)

131 applications · 58 places offered · 52 named it first

  1. 2026 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.7
  8. 2019 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
  9. 2018 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.5
  11. 2016 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
  12. 2015 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.5
  13. 2014 1.9; 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 2026581312.3520.90
Sep 2025581542.7520.90
Sep 2024701772.5670.96
Sep 2023681452.1570.84
Sep 2022621422.3550.89
Sep 2021701532.2490.70
Sep 2020701622.3650.93
Sep 2019701912.7711.01
Sep 2018701842.6771.10
Sep 2017581602.8651.12
Sep 2016701692.4630.90
Sep 2015701512.2610.87
Sep 2014711351.9580.82

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
119235 · 888/2195
Capacity
262 pupils · 244 on roll
Free school meals
21.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Ribbleton Avenue, Preston, PR1 5RU
Local authority
Lancashire · Preston

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